There are three Japanese alphabets, one referred to as Hiragana, which is comprised of 45 characters which represent phoentetic sounds, and can be used to write any Japanese word, there is another alphabet, called Katakana which is the same number of symbols, and they represent the same sounds, but are used for writing foreign words. the alphabet with many characters (approx. 26,000) is called Kanji, these are the ideagrams you're referring to. Japanese people write with a combination of all 3 character sets, but all words can be formed with hiragana alone, thus their keyboards are made fromt he Hiragana characters, and their wordpressors will prompt (simlar to autocomplete in word) with the appropriate Kanji character for each word typed; so you can use the Kanji character it prompts with, or just leave it in Hiragana... I doubt you really wanted an answer that long, but I hope it puts your mind at ease 
cheers,
Daniel
PS: I knew studying Japanese would come in handy someday.. good thing too, since I can't remember a single word.
cheers,
Daniel
PS: I knew studying Japanese would come in handy someday.. good thing too, since I can't remember a single word.
Daniel wrote:Here is one... possibly...
There are three Japanese alphabets, one referred to as Hiragana, which is comprised of 45 characters which represent phoentetic sounds, and can be used to write any Japanese word, there is another alphabet, called Katakana which is the same number of symbols, and they represent the same sounds, but are used for writing foreign words. the alphabet with many characters (approx. 26,000) is called Kanji, these are the ideagrams you're referring to. Japanese people write with a combination of all 3 character sets, but all words can be formed with hiragana alone, thus their keyboards are made fromt he Hiragana characters, and their wordpressors will prompt (simlar to autocomplete in word) with the appropriate Kanji character for each word typed; so you can use the Kanji character it prompts with, or just leave it in Hiragana... I doubt you really wanted an answer that long, but I hope it puts your mind at ease
cheers,
Daniel
PS: I knew studying Japanese would come in handy someday.. good thing too, since I can't remember a single word.
Arigato.
I think that is Japanese
Means something like Good Day?
But I am not sure.
I can only count from 1 to 10 in Japanese.
We had to do that when I was doing Kyokushinkai karate 20 years ago.
hehe it means thank you... remember the song? domou arigatou mr. roboto. 
I really would like to go spend some time in Japan so I can pick the language back up.
sushi wo taberu koto ga suki desu, ne?
I really would like to go spend some time in Japan so I can pick the language back up.
sushi wo taberu koto ga suki desu, ne?
Daniel wrote:I didn't think you were old enough to remember that song!
hehe it means thank you... remember the song? domou arigatou mr. roboto.
Daniel wrote:So the only Japanese word I know, I don't actually know the meaning of .
hehe it means thank you... remember the song? domou arigatou mr. roboto.
Should have kept my mouth shut.
The song, I don't know.
Or, I would if I heard it, but I do not from its lyrics.
what.. can't you remember the music from when you were 1?
laszlonagy wrote:It's a Styx song. It's probably on iTunes.Daniel wrote:So the only Japanese word I know, I don't actually know the meaning of .
hehe it means thank you... remember the song? domou arigatou mr. roboto.
Should have kept my mouth shut.
The song, I don't know.
Or, I would if I heard it, but I do not from its lyrics.
Still looking?
