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Posted On: Apr. 14 2006, 11:49 AM
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J-Sensei has his hands tied this week, but that doesn't mean you won't get your weekly dose of news from the land of the rising sun.

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Skip to the previous post in this topic. Posted On: Apr. 14 2006, 3:53 PM
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I can answer the question about katakana being used for some Japanese words.  Writing something all in katakana is sort of the equivalent to writing something in all-caps in English; it places extra emphasis on the word, as if it is being said loudly or with more force than normal.  Character names are frequently written in katakana because they're not Japanese names; even made-up, nonsense names would fall into that category.  Sometimes even Japanese names are written in katakana because it is considered to be more feminine.
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For starters, I want to say that you did an AWESOME job with my column.  It was in great hands while I was working all those closing shifts at Best Buy.

And thanks for the thing about the katakana.  Now that you mention it, that DOES ring a bell.  I think I asked that once while I was in Japan, but I seem to have forgotten it.  I appreciate the heads up and I'll put it in the next column if I remember to do so.

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