Aren't there some types of words that use one or the other exclusively? Like, animals are in katakana, but people/job titles in hiragana? I'm trying to remember my (extremely extremely) limited Japanese - gleaned from subtitled shows, raw shows, a few books I've found at used bookstores (before my brother "borrowed" them for his own classes and they disappeared) and my "My Japanese Coach" game on my DS. Yeah, really piecemeal, but classes in my area are non-existent, and the Latin eats up a lot of my language time. I'm hoping this summer to do some more extensive self-study in the language.
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Date: 2010-01-23 04:23 pm (UTC)