Japanese makes use of three main systems: kanji, hiragana, and katakana.
Kanji refers to Chinese characters used in written Japanese. School children are taught the 1,945 regular kanji (identified by a 1981 governmental decree) used in "official" communications (there are thousands of other kanji in use).
Hiragana, meaning "ordinary syllabic script," consists of 48 syllables. It is mainly used to write word endings, but is widely used in materials for children.
Hiragana symbols appear flowing or "feminine."
Katakana, meaning "part (of kanji) syllabic script," also consists of 48 syllables. It has various uses, including foreign words and emphasis (like bold or italics in English). Katakana symbols appear angular or "masculine."
Tobidase Doubutsu no Mori uses furigana. Furigana is small hiragana printed above kanji to show the pronunciation.
Romaji refers to the system where written Japanese is represented by the Latin
(or English) alphabet.
This guide uses romaji versions of Japanese names used in the game. The corresponding Animal Crossing: City Folk names are included in brackets. The author apologizes for mistakes in translation.
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Korean Version
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Twieonawayo Dongmul-ui Sup uses the Korean language and has little use of
English. Written Korean makes use of two main systems: hanja and hangeul.
Hanja refers to Chinese characters used in written Korean. School children are expected to learn approximately 1,800 hanja by the end of high school.
Most modern Korean writing, including all Korean text in this game, consists entirely of