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              | Please read it.  | 
             
            
              
              | Please write it. | 
             
            
              
              | Please submit your homework. | 
             
            
              
              | hiragana | 
             
            
              
              | katakana | 
             
            
              
              | kanji | 
             
            
              
              | romanized Japanese | 
             
            
            
         
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                On the English keyboard, type: | 
               
              
                
                | [Japanese comma 
                  pronounced as てん] | 
                English comma (,) | 
               
              
                
                | [Japanese period 
                  pronounced as まる] | 
                English period (.) | 
               
              
                
                | [Japanese quotation marks 
                  pronounced as かぎかっこ] | 
                 English square brackets ([ ]) | 
               
              
                
                | [double vowel symbol 
                  for katakana: 
                  e.g., アー /aa/] | 
                English hyphen (-) | 
               
            
         
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                  たなか | 
                Tanaka [family name] | 
               
              
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                  けいこ | 
                Keiko [women's first name] | 
               
              
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                  たなかさん | 
                Mr. Tanaka or Ms. Tanaka | 
               
              
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                  せんせい | 
                teacher; title attached to names [Prof.] | 
               
            
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                  さん | 
                a title attached to names [Mr., Ms.] | 
               
              
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                  です | 
                to be [polite copula; Xです: (Someone/Something) is X] | 
               
              
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                  か | 
                [question marker] | 
               
              
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                  はい | 
                Yes; Also  "Here you go." | 
               
              
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                  ええ | 
                Yes | 
               
              
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                  いいえ | 
                No | 
               
            
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