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Is the term oba-CHAN only used for aunts or even unrelated middle-aged women? or in this case we use oba-SAN?
Does Japanese have an dʒ sound? Kind of as in “jam”, but more accurately Brazilian Portuguese “dia”. Maybe similar to Spanish “Ya”.
So is hiragana, kanji and katakana all different styles of Japanese? If so in which order is it advised to learn?
why is it sometimes written おさけ and sometimes さけ?
why do you sometimes add a い to the end of ほし or しろ?
why is こんにちは spelt with a は at the end and not a わ?