When writing in Japanese, can you write in Hiragana instead of Kanji if you like?

Question

I want to learn Japanese. I don't know why, I just feel like it. ^_^ Hiragana is the easiest way I have of learning it, and I don't know any Kanji at all. Can you, instead of writing in Kanji all the time, write in Hirigana, as long as the word makes sense?

When listening to Japanese, are Hirigana, Kanji and Katakana all prnounced the same?

Answer 1

A children write all Hiragana sentence.
It is a litte hard to read for adults Japanese.

Answer 2

Books for very young Japanese children are written in hiragana only. As the age of the reader increases, katakana and kanji are gradually introduced. For adult books, newspapers, etc. all three writing systems are used together, and it would be 'wrong' to interchange the accepted forms for particular words. For example, the word 'shinbun' [newspaper] is usually written in kanji, and you would never see it written in kana except in a children's book; on the other hand, the verb 'iru' [to be, to exist] is almost always written in hiragana even though there is a kanji for it. So mastering Japanese requires knowing all three writing systems and knowing how to properly use them.

Learning kanji doesn't have to be so terrible. Take a notebook and write some words in hiragana in a column on the left. To the right write each word using kanji. Then cover the hiragan column with a piece of paper and try writing the hiragana for each kanji word to the right. Then cover the two leftmost columns and try writing the words in kanji, etc. etc. Repetition is the key to learning kanji. Oh, and definitely work from a kanji workbook. The order of learning kanji presented in a good kanji book will make it much simpler.

Answer 3

Sure i studied japanese in college and the only i could write down in japanese was by using the hiragana style. the others are 2 complicated and i dont even have talent in drawing hahah anyway. it works with hiragana. a japanese would understand. i cant show it to u right now cuz i dont know how to use the hiragana alphabet on a pc. peace out and sayonara!

Answer 4

Hiragana and Kanji are used together! There is no one way to write, I have learned this. They mix them together. If you are learning it then you will first learn how to write in Hiragana then you will learn Kanji. Once you have mastered that, then you will move onto putting them together. Remember our language have over 200 sylbols and the Japanese language has about 50.

Answer 5

Hiragana is reserved for the formal use of the language. It would be inappropriate, for instance, to print anything so mundane as the news in Hiragana, it is always done in Kanji. Understand the culture and you will do better at understanding the language. Take some Japanese history courses, and some Japaneses anthropological courses, this will make it much easier for you to understand the use of formal and informal language.

Answer 6

You can right with only kana if you want, kana is hiragana and katakana, you will need to learn katakana to write foreign words.

but i don't think you will ever be fluent in japanese if you start taking short cuts so early in your studies.

Answer 7

yeah.. most everybody who wasn't raised in Japanese school won't learn all kanji anyway.. it's thousands of one symbol meanings.. good luck sucker

Answer 8

sore wa dame da yo...