Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Wednesday, 7 October 2015

National Anthems of Singapore (Past to Present)

From Colonial to Independence National Anthems of Singapore

From Colonial period to Japanese Occupation to Merger and till Independence , Singapore has 4 National Anthems.

Singapore's National Anthem when during Colonial Rule of British (1819-1942 & 1945-1962)

During our Colonial period of Singapore when we were once under the British , the National Anthem at that time was  : God Save the Queen

the below is a link to some details of it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Save_the_Queen

God Save the Queen , Lyrics
followed next will be the Lyrics
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/u/uks+national+anthem/god+save+the+queen_20983467.html

God save our gracious Queen
Long live our noble Queen
God save the Queen
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us
God save the Queen

O Lord our God arise
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall
Confound their politics
Frustrate their knavish tricks
On Thee our hopes we fix
God save us all

Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour
Long may she reign
May she defend our laws
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
God save the Queen

Not in this land alone
But be God's mercies known
From shore to shore
Lord make the nations see
That men should brothers be
And form one family
The wide world over

From every latent foe
From the assassins blow
God save the Queen
O'er her thine arm extend
For Britain's sake defend
Our mother, prince, and friend
God save the Queen

Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring
May he sedition hush
And like a torrent rush
Rebellious Scots to crush
God save the King

https://youtu.be/tN9EC3Gy6Nk


When Singapore was Syonan-to (昭南島) (Light of the South) National Anthem (1942-1945)

Next comes to when Singapore was Syonan-to (昭南島) (Light of the South)
this was the Japanese occupation period when we came under the Japanese and were made to sing Japanese National Anthem which was : "Kimigayo" (君が代)  at that point of time

you may want to click the link on  "Kimigayo" (君が代) 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimigayo

 "Kimigayo" (君が代)   Lyrics
the below is the lyrics
http://lyricstranslate.com/en/japanese-national-anthem-kimigayo-%E5%90%9B%E3%81%8C%E4%BB%A3-japanese-national-anthem-emperors-reign.html

OfficialKana (Hiragana)RōmajiEnglish translation
君が代は
千代に八千代に
さざれ(細)石の
いわお(巌)となりて
こけ(苔)の生すまで
きみがよは
ちよにやちよに
さざれいしの
いわおとなりて
こけのむすまで
Kimigayo wa
Chiyo ni yachiyo ni
Sazare-ishi no
Iwao to narite
Koke no musu made
May your reign
Continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations,
Until the pebbles
Grow into boulders
Lush with moss
Poetic English translation by English professor Basil Hall Chamberlain
Thousands of years of happy reign be thine;
Rule on, my lord, until what are pebbles now
By ages united to mighty rocks shall grow
Whose venerable sides the moss doth line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29FFHC2D12Q


The Malaysia Federation ( 1962-1965)

Next was during the period of time when Singapore was in a merger with Malaysia.
we had a short merger with Malaysia until they kicked us out

when first merged, the national anthem back then was :  Malaysia Forever
you may want to click the link for some information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Forever


Malaysia Forever Lyrics

Let's get together, Sing a happy song, Malaysia forever, Ten million strong.
Land of the free, Marching as one. Ready to share in every way, So let's get it done -- get it done, get it done.
We're all in the same boat, Steady as you go. Let's pull together, Everybody row -- row, row, row.
It's right, It's the answer ,There's no other way, To be good neighbours, Everyday Malaysia Forever.
Evermore more, United for liberty, Home of the happy people, Just you wait and see -- wait and see, wait and see, wait and see.
Let's get together, Sing a happy song, Malaysia forever, Ten million strong.
We're ready for merger, Let's open the door, To Malaysia forever, Ever more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcOR5Yp_oik


Singapore an Independent Country 1965 - Present

Finally came the time after the break with Malaysia and Singapore became an independent country left on it's own by itself

At this point of time, our very own unique national anthem was  :  Majulah Singapura
It basically meant , English: Onward Singapore; Chinese: 前进吧,新加坡; Tamil: முன்னேறட்டும் சிங்கப்பூர்

click the below link for information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majulah_Singapura

Majulah Singapura Lyrics

Original Malay lyrics and official translations

MalayEnglish
Mari kita rakyat Singapura
Sama-sama menuju bahagia
Cita-cita kita yang mulia
Berjaya Singapura
Marilah kita bersatu
Dengan semangat yang baru
Semua kita berseru
Majulah Singapura
Majulah Singapura
Marilah kita bersatu
Dengan semangat yang baru
Semua kita berseru
Majulah Singapura
Majulah Singapura
Come, fellow Singaporeans
Let us progress towards happiness together
May our noble aspiration bring
Singapore success
Come, let us unite
In a new spirit
Together we proclaim
Onward Singapore
Onward Singapore
Come, let us unite
In a new spirit
Together we proclaim
Onward Singapore
Onward Singapore
Mandarin ChineseTamil
来吧,新加坡人民,
让我们共同向幸福迈进;
我们崇高的理想,
要使新加坡成功。
来吧,让我们以新的精神,
团结在一起;
我们齐声欢呼:
前进吧,新加坡!
前进吧,新加坡!
来吧,让我们以新的精神,
团结在一起;
我们齐声欢呼:
前进吧,新加坡!
前进吧,新加坡!
சிங்கப்பூர் மக்கள் நாம்
செல்வோம் மகிழ்வை நோக்கியே
சிங்கப்பூரின் வெற்றிதான்
சிறந்த நம் நாட்டமே
ஒன்றிணைவோம் அனைவரும்
ஓங்கிடும் புத்துணர்வுடன்
முழுங்குவோம் ஒன்றித்தே
முன்னேறட்டும் சிங்கப்பூர்
முன்னேறட்டும் சிங்கப்பூர்
ஒன்றிணைவோம் அனைவரும்
ஓங்கிடும் புத்துணர்வுடன்
முழங்குவோம் ஒன்றித்தே
முன்னேறட்டும் சிங்கப்பூர்
முன்னேறட்டும் சிங்கப்பூர்

Mandarin Chinese and Tamil transliterations

Mandarin ChineseTamil
Lái ba, xīnjiāpō rénmín,
Ràng wǒmen gòngtóng xiàng xìngfú màijìn;
Wǒmen chónggāo de lǐxiǎng,
Yào shǐ xīnjiāpō chénggōng.
Lái ba, ràng wǒmen yǐ xīn de jīngshén,
Tuánjié zài yīqǐ;
Wǒmen qí shēng huānhū:
Qiánjìn ba, xīnjiāpō!
Qiánjìn ba, xīnjiāpō!
Lái ba, ràng wǒmen yǐ xīn de jīngshén,
Tuánjié zài yīqǐ;
Wǒmen qí shēng huānhū:
Qiánjìn ba, xīnjiāpō!
Qiánjìn ba, xīnjiāpō!
Ciṅkappūr makkaḷ nām
Celvom makiḻvai nōkkiyē
Ciṅkappūriṉ veṟṟitāṉ
Ciṟanta nam nāṭṭamē
Oṉṟiṇaivōm aṉaivarum
Ōṅkiṭum puttuṇarvuṭaṉ
Muḻuṅkuvōm oṉṟittē
Muṉṉēṟaṭṭum ciṅkappūr
Muṉṉēṟaṭṭum ciṅkappūr
Oṉṟiṇaivōm aṉaivarum
Ōṅkiṭum puttuṇarvuṭaṉ
Muḻuṅkuvōm oṉṟittē
Muṉṉēṟaṭṭum ciṅkappūr:
Muṉṉēṟaṭṭum ciṅkappūr!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsI7hD-gf-8

Saturday, 15 March 2014

Singapore is a Land of Transnational marriage since year 1819 until today and in the future

History of Singapore in Brief

Singapore is very young country officially founded by Sir Thomas Stanford Raffles since year 1819 of the EIC company of Great Britain and had it's independence since 9 august 1965.

Very little has been known of Singapore in the past, anything and everything officially in history about Singapore begins from year 1819 onwards and anything before was full of speculation and much was unknown or uncertain before year 1819

Chronological names of Singapore from 2nd century to 1400s

The chronological order of the old names of Singapore in history from pre colonial to colonial until the Japanese occupation of WW2 are :
  1. Sabana by the Greeks during 2nd century
  2. Pu Luo Chung(蒲羅中), probably a transliteration of the MalayPulau Ujong during 3rd century
  3. Singapura 11th century by what is today India and Indonesia
  4. Long Ya Men (龍牙門or Dragon's Tooth Strait) in 1400s by China
  5. Dan Ma Xi (淡馬錫, from MalayTamasik or Temasek which means Sea Town or Sea Port) in 1400s by Malay Penesula

Chronological names of Singapore from 1600s to 1945

Coming from the 1600s to early 1800s there are many more names coming from China and Malay Straits which are namely
  1. Seng-ka-pho(星嘉坡 or 星加坡)
  2. Seng-chiu (星洲; "Singapore Island")
  3. Seng-kok (星國 "Singapore State").
  4. Sit-la̍t (石叻) derived from the Malay word selat meaning "strait
  5. Sit-la̍t-mn̂g [石叻門] another name forLongyamen
  6. Sit-la̍t-po· (石叻埠)
  7. Si̍t-la̍t-po·(實叻埠
  8. La̍t-po·(叻埠)


Towards 1800s till pre WW2 names had by the western world and other parts of Asia were
  1. Singapore
  2. Nanyang 南洋
During WW2 of the Japanese occupation 1942 -1945 our name was Shōnantō (昭南島)

Other Names of Singapore till present

From year 1945 till 1980s, other contemporary names of different languages were :

  1. (狮城), literally "Lion City => Chinese
  2. Xīngzhōu/Seng-chiu (星洲) and Xīngguó/Seng-kok (星國) => Chinese
  3. Singapura => Malay
  4. Ciṅkappūr (சிங்கப்பூர்) &  Ciṅkappūr Kutiyarasu (சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு). => by the tamil Indians
  5. Sernghakborey (សិង្ហបុរី) in Khemer by the Cambodians
  6. Singapour by the French
  7. Cộng hòa , Tân Gia Pha orTân Gia Ba , Tân Gia Ba Cộng hòa quốc Chiêu Nam for Shōnan (昭南) and Hạ Châu by the Vietnamese
  8. Singapa (신가파) & Singgaporeu (싱가포르) by the Koreans

During the 1990s to 21st century of today Singapore is often referred as the Little Red Dot

Transnational Marriage background of Singapore

However, unknow to much people outside of Singapore, We Singaporeans have a very long history of Transnational Marriages or what others call as which is Cross Country Marriages, Cross Border marriages, or international marriages

Transnational marriages has always been in the roots and history of Singaporeans since our beginning of time from year 1819 till of today and even in the future and this is most unlikely to change

Early days of settlement

As Singapore is also a land of immigrants which also happens to be in our roots and history as well since early 1400s till of today , during the early days before the Japanese occupation of WW2 , our early forefather ancestors who had imgrated here had many wives along the way from their own home town country to here locally and when they go on business trips or home town visits they still marry wives along the way to and fro

The Trend of Transnational Marriages

Ever since after the Japanese occupation of WW2 , Singaporeans at the very beginning marry only wives from Malaysia and Indonesia until the 1980s

But as times goes by, the scope had expaned and Singaporean began to marry wives from Thailand and Philippines until early 1990s

And again the scope expanded further into Japan during theJ-pop season whereby Singaporeans flew into Japan to look for Japanese wives to marry back to Singapore until somewhere close to late 1990s the scope opened up further.

This time, Singaporeans began looking into wives from China and India until probably year 2005 and the trend has change again.

Our scope of wife search now expanded into Vietnam and Korea and it became into a very super high unbelieveable demand of wives from Vietnam and Korea by the Singaporeans market which is alot more than what you can imagine of . Absolutely unbelieveable !

Much attention went to Vietnamese because more and more singaporeans are tapping into vietnamese market for business expansion etc.. and found the quality of the woman that is most ideal into what Singaporeans are looking for in a wife that Singaporean girl do not process

As for Korean wives, it has something more or less to do with the recent K-Pop wave just like the previous J-pop wave.

Today as of year 2014 the tides has changed again once more and people have started looking into the Myanmar market to scout and search for wives in myanmar or coming from myanmar as Singaporean contact with myanmar nationals over the recent few years has increased alot and found that ther is lesser language barriers between myanmar people and Singaporean citizens.

Furture Trend in my own personal opinion

In my own personal and individual opinion of how i see things by the looks of what is going on, the next country that will be included into our scope of wife search or wife hunt or wife scout will be among one of the following countries

  1. Mongolia
  2. Cambodia
  3. Bhutan
  4. Russia

out of these 4 i predict to be one of the next hit in personal opinion, i would believe Mongolia and Bhutan has a higher percentage and out these 2 the very likely hit should be Mongolia. Let's see if what i today predict as of year 2014 march will come true in the future about 3 or 5 years later.

Existing List of Countries for wives by Singaporean Men

Of the existing countries i have listed in the scope that Singaporeans go all out to find wives which are
  1. Malaysia
  2. Indonesia
  3. Philippines
  4. Thailand
  5. Japan
  6. China
  7. India
  8. Vietnam
  9. South Korea
  10. Myanmar

The Decline of Countries

There are some recent decline and lost of interest as well as sediments due to much bad experiences Singaporean had with certain foreigners as wife and employment in the work force and political issues

the declining countries will be
  1. China
  2. India
  3. Philippines

and of the 3, China is worst as the highest number of failed marriages and Singaporean man are very badly victimised , conned and cheated until nothing left come from China. The reputation of China national wife is really too bad in the recent few years.

India is also similar but not as bad as China, & as to the Philippines much is due to employment and politicital issues in the recent few years in Singapore

How and Where do Singaporeans Find Wife

the means and methods used to find wife are commonly from dating or matchmaking agencies some of which are even agencies that sell wives to Singaporeans. Such agencies who sell wives, the company is Singapore company but the agent and everything is directly from their own native countries.

Others would fly all the way into that country itself find for about a maximum of 3 months duration by going into the villages or the local agency in the country itself.

Another common method is by word of mouth where people that already know introduces someone to them.

As to methods of looking for foreign wife who is already an immigrants inside of Singapore or going by Internet social media website to search are not common or popular methods so far.

Sad , bad , Fail and unsuccessful cases of victim of marriages

Sad and bad example or failed cased and unsuccessful marriages whereby the foreign girls are victims here in Singapore are really too low and rare more than what you can imagine. But cases of which it is the Singaporean man who are the victim it is really too common. Most of the Singaporean man always gets cheated by the foreign wife they marry whom they love too much and really give their everything to her until he has nothing left for himself.

Despite all these

Even though there is a fear among many Singaporean man that he will become the victim, but still too many Singaporean man still want to marry foreign wife and myself i am among one of them.

Of course saying all this does not means that every Singaporean man marries foreigners here. But however the number of marriages with foreigners especially in the recent few years since 2010 has increase tremendously and it is very shocking in this rise of number that it is becoming more and more common and normal and usual to see a Singaporean married with foreigner these days today in Singapore.

The New Challengers

On top of this, there is also a growing number of foreign girls who come all the way into the heartlands of Singapore just a find a Singaporean husband to marry and these girls comes from Japan, USA, & Britain.

These girls come here from their own country just for the objective and motive and reason of finding themselves a Singaporean husband to marry here and stay here and such is also on the rise as well inside of Singapore too.

Hence it is not in every case that Singaporean man need to go into the heartlands of other countries to find, there are also others who comes into our heartlands to find us as well too.

Why no marry locals

And in the case of Singaporeans marry local girls, to marry a local girl is not always the first choice that the majority of Singaporean man have in mind, often it is the last choice or for some never at all no matter what the worst may result , even if they really cannot find a foreign wife they would still rather never ever marry a Singaporean girl as wife.

The market of Singaporean girl by Singaporean man for marriage is relatively very low in stock and demand and interests as well.
This does not refers to all Singaporean girls but it is on a very and absolutely general basics of how and what kind of woman is a Singaporean woman ?

Again i have to re emphasis it is only a general statement and it does not refers to all.

What kind of Girls are Singaporean Girls

So what is girls of Singapore generally ?

Most of the Singaporean girls can be classified into these 3 types 5C SPG GCP & there are really too many of them inside of Singapore.

5C(s) Girls of Singapore

5C girls so what are the 5C(s) ?
Cash ,credit card or some say country club membership ,career ,condominium , & car
these are the very famous 5C Singapore girl look for in a man these are considered to be the very basic requirements only
refer to this link if you wish to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_C's_of_Singapore



SPG ( Sarong Party Girls) of Singapore
SPG refer to those girls who always go outside have fun and party to look for man and i am talking about rich, influential, powerful and famous foreign man ( Americans, Europeans, Australians, Japanese or Koreans) they look for man to be their mistress , to be their girlfriend and to be their wife

you may refer to this link if you wish to

GCP ( Golden Cheese Pie ) Girls of Singapore
finally Singaporean girls are also very famous for being GCP ( golden cheese pie)
gcp refers to those who see themselves very high class , high status , above others, very expensive girls wear all things branded go to only expensive high class places use all high class and branded things everything must be expensive and have class cheap things don want always ask the guy spend alot of money on her want many expensive gifts from the guy only go with people who can match their status

refer to this link

Check List of Singaporean Girls

Many of the girls in Singapore here look into how many of the below point the man has just only to be worthy of consideration only

  1. Do you have the looks & handsome
  2. Do you have the body , muscular, & big in size
  3. Do have the money, are you poor
  4. Do you hold any high position like a manager or director
  5. Do you own a car
  6. Are still living with parents and Singapore girls always look down on guys who lives with their parents
  7. Is your House those big and expensive type
  8. Do you own any privilege membership cards
  9. Are you smart & have special talents
  10. Do you have anything for them to show off in front of others

To generalise Singaporean Girls but not referring to all
Generally, Singaporean girls are over demanding, high expectations people, very bossy and fussy types, over career minded , over realistic , over proctorial, very money minded and materialistic , too pampered and spoiled, cannot take hardships and want good life, non traditional wife and non family orientated and non husband orientated, just to generalise.

Although this general group of girls in Singapore are in big numbers here in Singapore but again like what i have to say once more it is not all .

Singaporeans as a general Whole

Often, it has been said by the Charity organisations of other countries that Singaporeans as a generally whole man or woman has a heart of a Buddha. How true is this statement i leave it to you

Selling point of a Singaporean Husband

A Singaporean man really gives his everything to his girl and more than what he can give until he really has nothing more to give and anything more will be his life

Singaporean man may not be the best in everything and what they give to their girl is already exceeding their best . They do everything for their girl not with words but with real actions and results.

He can really give his all and everything and anything to the girl until he has nothing left for himself. Even if it means he will go bankrupt, he will be in heavy debts , he will be reduce to a beggar begging on the streets he will also it ! Speaking about to die for the girl , there has been real life cases and example as well in the history of Singapore as well. All that has been mentioned in this paragraph is real things , no jokes, no exaggeration everything all real and true.

What Foreigners who married to Singaporean husband say

it has been frequently told upon to the Singaporeans husband, friends & etc... by these foreigners wives that in their whole life as a female gender, the greatest thing in life is to marry a Singaporean husband and if to say regrets and remorse it will be why not earlier known and marry a Singaporean husband?

From their own mouth , they have expressed that it is only the Singaporean man who really and truly make them felt good to be a woman, proud to be a woman and they only felt they are a woman after marrying Singaporean husband. They had never ever felt as woman before in their whole entire life until they married a Singaporean husband.

They receive more than just the due respect , believe, trust and love and care that a woman can ever ask for from a man as a woman. This is at least one point that man from their own country failed to give them according to what they had expressed.

The Singaporean husband really treated them like a real princess, a queen, and a goddess all 3 in 1. it was the first time in their life they finally know they are a woman , no need to afraid of being woman, no need to don't like being woman , no need to feel bad being a woman , no need anything at all.

In fact they even encourage other fellow Singaporean man who cannot find the right Singaporean girl that don't have to keep themselves to only Singaporean girls , the world outside of Singapore is big and there are alot more better girls outside waiting for us Singaporean man and we Singaporean man truly deserve a better girl for ourselves.

It was in their own opinion that they felt Singaporean girls are unworthy of Singaporean man. This statement is also something that many other Singaporean man felt too about their own Singaporean girls as well.

These foreigner wife also encourage woman from their own native country to come out of the country to marry a Singaporean husband instead of their own local man as they say Singaporean husband are really the best and most ideal husband for a girl

there really isn't anything a girl should ask for if she can marry a Singaporean man cos the Singaporean man is the best !


If You are a Singaporean man

But these are among just some of the reasons why many do not want to marry Singaporean girls including foreigner man as well.

Hence it is just only a small part of the explanations of why Singaporean man want to marry foreign wife so much.

This scenario of Singaporean man marry foreigners as wives is really very unlike to ever change for now and even in the far future and Singapore will still continue to be a land of immigrants and a land of tansnational marriages


so now having reading so much if you are a Singaporean man will you marry a Singaporean girl or a foreigner ? Share your answers and state your reasons

Sunday, 19 May 2013

Oriental Temple Praying Knowledge

I am very sure there are many things you are not aware of when comes to praying to the Gods in the temples. 
For the orientals there are certain things they believe in and it is good for you to know as well.


Praying time

This is a particularly time which you cannot pray & this time is between 12pm to 5pmThe remaining other time are also ok to prayBut the best time to pray in during sunrise and sunset. 

It does not mean to say that there is anything offending or anysort if you pray at the time between 12pm to 5pm 
but however just for your general knowledge, that time is really not meant for praying. 


Meaning to the Number of Joss Sticks

Number of joss stick you use has meaning as well

The different number that you use is to the different level & status of gods & guardians to convey message for you to the direct god you are praying to

If to simplify their godly status , ranks and hierarchy in our human context
when you use the following numbers :

1 is to general workers of the bottom level
3 is to the junior executives to senior executives
5 is to the management level 
9 is to the ceo, md, director etc... the highest at the top 
2 don't anyhow use unless u know how to use. The number 2 is used for summoning

so you are actually seeking the different level of gods and guardians to provide you with assistance and help you convey message to the specific and particular god or buddha in the temple you are praying to. 

Big Joss Sticks

There are also big size joss sticks as well. 

if you are using the big size joss sticks, 3 will be really enough
1 represents 3. so please really do not go and use more than 3. 

if however it is those really super big kind of joss sticks. 
1 is really more than just enough as that 1 already represents 9

it is really very common and usual to see people using number 1 and 3 when praying to gods , buddha, ghosts and ancestors. 

It is seldom to see people using numbers 5 & 9 when praying in temples. but it is common to see people who uses numbers 5 and 9 are people who are entrepreneurs , ceos etc....

however when it comes to praying to ghosts and ancestors , if possible do try to avoid 5 & 9

Usage of 2 Joss sticks

The number 2 wise, is use for summoning 
Black magic, white magic whatsoever,as long as to summon the number 2 is being used. 
To summon spirits from the underworld or call upon spirits from the heavens, the number 2 is being use. 
Unless you really know how to use it, otherwise it is highly advisable and recommendable not to use the number 2. 


Joss Stick Number Applications

This Joss stick number is universal for all Taoism, Buddhism, Shinto & Confucianism religions. 
It applies to Chinese, Vietnamese, Koreans, Japanese, Thais, Laotians, Burmese, & Cambodians

the number they use is all the same but the meaning can be different from the Chinese.      

Thursday, 22 March 2012

Japanese Kanji ( 漢字) Origins

The forms of wrtings

Japanese has 3 forms of wrtings which is still used in today. They are namely , Hiragana ( ひらがな ) , Katakana (カタカナ ) and lastly Kanji ( 漢字). The english way of writing and reading Japanese which includes western ways of writing number and occacional usuage of Latin alphabet is known as Rōmaji.


Kanji

Kanji itself literally means Han Characters. Concerning the origins of Japanese written language, it all begins with Kanji !

Japanese people were once illiterate who can only speak and listen but cannot read and write as they initially do not even have their own form of writing except their own verbal language. Kanji was first introduced into Japan by some Chinese or perhaps Korean to the imperial court.

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This person who introduced the writing system of Kanji into Japan was Wani (王仁) who was a Scholar. He was bilingual or perhaps even trilingual. The nationality of this person is still very much debated and argued by historians today. Some say he is Korean others say he is Chinese. However, to many Japanese of today the existence of this person is being denied. 

As Japanese had much business ,political, and cultural dealings with China the most throughout history, Kanji was quickly and easily accepted as a national form of writing nationwide in Japan.

Since then, record and writings were all used in Kanji. However, the Japanese had discover that there was some difficulty to have Japanese spoken language written in Kanji as some word were not easily translated into Kanji due to their own language.


Evolution of Kanji to Hiragana Writngs

It is something like you cannot be using English words to write out the direct spoken Japanese or Chinese or other languages that laterally, directly and exactly.

Hence the Japanese decided to modify and invent out their own versions of writing which is derived out from Kanji and this came to be known as Hiragana.


Developement of Katakana & Romanji

However ever since western influence step and conquered Japan , which had her forced to open her doors to the west and which Japan eventually took the step out to modernize and westernize, they had discovered that Hiragana and Kanji cannot totally write and speak everything out !

This hence brough into the creation of Katakana which is actually all about borrowed words which is not originally and traditionally Japanese. To write and read Japanese using english , Romaji was used.

Today in Japan writings

Today in Japan, all forms of writing are still in used. In their written form of writings today, Everything will first be used in Hiragan to write and if there are words which is not culturally, traditionally or historically Japanese, Katakana words will be use.

Finally as certain word can still bring miscommunication or perhaps the full meanning cannot be better expressed, Kanji will be used. Hence , you really need to know how blend and mix these various forms of writings all put together.

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Please refer to the Charts below which explains all the forms of writing with more details.

Hiragana Characters

Started somewhere from 800 AD till present




The table below shows the 48 Hiragana syllables:

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Katakana Characters



Katakana came into existance somewhere in the 1850s till present

Katakana are most often used for transcription of words in foreign languages. used to represent sounds, technical and scientific terms.

Katakana's main feature is short straight strokes and angular corners, that’s why Katakana is considered the simplest of the Japanese scripts.

For a modern Katakana there was a necessity to add some sounds, below is a list of additions to the katakana, used mainly to represent sounds from other languages:

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Kanji Characters




Kanji are used together with three other systems to write modern Japanese, Kanji which is a Japanese system of writing based on borrowed or slightly modified Chinese characters is used to write parts of the language such as nouns, adjective stems and verb stems. For Kanji characters refers to the Chinese characters.

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Orgins and Formations of Kanji and Harigana

The history of Kanji form of writing in Japan begins somewhere around 5th Century AD or perhaps even earlier till present , and Kanji orgins itself comes in 6 formations which are :
  1. Pictographs - "Shokei moji"
  2. Simple Ideographs
  3. Compound Ideographs - "Kaii moji"
  4. Phoenetic-Ideographic Characters - "Keisei moji"
  5. Derivative characters - " Tenchu moji"
  6. Phonetic loans - "Kashaku moji"

At the same time , the hardwrting style comes with a history of 7 types over the years which are :
  1. Tortoise-shell writing
  2. Bronze inscription
  3. Seal style
  4. Ancient square style
  5. Square style  ( common style today)
  6. Semi-cursive style ( This style is also more common today)
  7. Cursive style ( Grass style )

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However till present, much of the Origins of Kanji which is Originated from China by a Korea is still but some Urban Myth and legends to most Japanese whom they cannot agree to it. Perhaps just but a few agrees. Is this origin of Japanese Kanji a Myth/Legend or a Historical fact, it still lies in a debate even till today.