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in kanji the letters represent meanings and sounds not just sounds alone
in hiragana and katagana the letters only represent sounds similar to English however the individual letters represent a vowel or a constanent/ vowel combination with the exception of n an example
both haragana and katagana written in roman letters look like the following
a i u e o
ka ki ku ke ko ga gi gu ge go
sa shi su se so za ji zu ze zo
ta chi tsu te to da di du de do
na ni nu ne no
ha hi fu he ho ba bi bu be bo pa pi pu pe po
ma mi mu me mo
ya yu yo
ra ri ru re ro
WA wo
n
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