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Hi, I'm Layla from Japan! I'm so happy to be a part of your Japanese learning journey!!
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[CaptainNim]

I didn't know this either! ありがとうございます!!!

[khalilahd.]

I actually didn’t know this but it makes sense. Thank you! Add this to my Japanese notes 😊

[Clearboat]

As a Chinese， I think these kanji in Japanese are so easy😂

[emperorhadrian]

Omg, this saves me so much time. Thank you so much.

[hubyty]

All this time I thought suteki and kirei were written in Katakana for emphasis. 勉強になりました、ありがとうございます🙇‍♀️

[technicallyri]

can this tip be used for any hard to write kanji, or just some?

[AkihiroAki]

Katakana can also save you from your Japanese teacher when they gave you a difficult Kanji Homework

[AidanMerino-wn]

I don't know why, but I just love hearing other people's accents, especially hers❤

[chooijenlin]

You video very useful for me, currently I stay in Japan, now taking N5 level . Keep it up 👍🏻

[gilbertoez]

OK this just flipped my whole world 🌎 upside-down 🙃. I could have been using katakana this whole time !!!😅😅

[hopperhelp]

Ah that makes sense. I’ve actually memorized some of those words in their kanji form but was wondering why I constantly see it not written like that when I try reading some books.

[konnyrj]

thank you! didnt know that... still in the hiragana stage T-T

[HisDudeness]

I sometimes see katakana written directly above kanji. Is that so people, who don’t understand the kanji, or how it should be pronounced, have a reference on how to say these characters?

[Gradster]

Is this correct:shika, sugaki&kirui

[hirubi]

Thank you! I’ve been wondering why they were calling jellyfish くらげ and not 海月

[Whoorms]

I recognize 綺麗from my Duolingo lessons, but they only taught me to say it in hiragana, きれい. ✌️

[Pouria]

Wow that's awesome I didn't know that どもどもありがとうございましたせんせい🙏🏼😇👌🙏🏼🪷

[ArythemB]

Writing in Japanese would easy if they figured out what writing system they want to use

[aliriks]

While Shika (鹿) indeed is not a foreign word, technically Suteki (素敵) and Kirei (綺麗) are foreign words originally - both from Chinese.

Animals, fruits and some other things can be written in katakana, so it is not necessarily only related to the degree of difficulty regarding the kanji.

Examples of easy-ish kanji that are sometimes written with katakana:
Strawberry - Ichigo (苺)
Watermelon - Suika (西瓜)
Apricot - Anzu (杏)

And of course for animals, even better example like with Shika:
Dog - Inu (犬)
Rabbit - Usagi (兎)
Cow - Ushi (牛)
Sheep - Hitsuji (羊)

That said, it is probably also the case that some are re-written for the sake of simplifying writing/reading, but in many cases it isn't. The Chinese reading (aka. onyomi) of Kanji is often written in dictionaries with katakana as well, exactly because it once was a loan/foreign word.

[Pouria]

Wow I'm from Iran and am learning many languages and now I can speak fine English, Russian and Hindi and now I an learning Finnish and Japanese wow Japanese alphabetical situation is really too hard but only the language is very better just I've got a few matters for writing 😂but no problem it'll be good too by exercises I've learned in my life nothing is impossible by training and experience now I know ひらがな fine and am learning カタカナ I also can write 4 kanjis like 水(みず) mizu meaning WATER and ....
どもどもありがとーせんせい😊🙏🏼😇🪷🫡