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 - https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/4vhe30/6_months_later_how_i_learned_to_learn_japanese/
 - https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/wiki/index/startersguide/
 - https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/wiki/index/resources
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+- https://github.com/EngJpDiscordExchange/Awesome-Japanese/blob/master/readme.md
+- https://realkana.com
+- https://docs.google.com/document/d/10bRzVblKVOsQJjTc2PIi1Gbj_LrsJCkMkh0SutXCZdI/edit#
+- http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/hiragana_chart.pdf
+- http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/hiragana_writing_practice_sheets.pdf
+- http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/katakana_chart.pdf
+- http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/katakana_writing_practice_sheets.pdf
+- https://pomax.github.io/nrGrammar/
 # Sound system
 24 consonant sounds, 5 vowel sounds (english: 24 and 14)
 
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 pitches follow rules:
 - first and second mora have different pitches,
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+- cant return from low to high
+
+# Writing system
+intriduced from china in the 4th or 5th century. evolved into its own system. 
+
+three types or writing
+- **hiragana** (46 chars + 2 diacritical marks)
+	- used to denote sounds, and for functional words and inflectional ending (also some content words)
+	- each one symbolises with a vowel or a consonant combinied with a vowel.
+- **katakana** a syllabary used or loan or onomaopoeic words and scientific words
+- **kanji** (from china), used for meaning and sound traditionally
+
+| - | ん | w | r | y | m | h | n | t | s | k |   | - |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| a | ん | わ | ら | や | ま | は | な | た | さ | か | あ | a |
+| i |   |   | り |   | み | ひ | に | ち | し | き | い | i |
+| u |   |   | る | ゆ | む | ふ | ぬ | つ | す | く | う | u |
+| e |   |   | れ |   | め | へ | ね | て | せ | け | え | e |
+| o |   | を | ろ | よ | も | ほ | の | と | そ | こ | お | o |
+
+# Getting started
+| online | traditional|
+|--------|------------|
+| free | cost |
+| can be less quality | usually more quality |
+
+# Kana
+need to memorise the Kana along with the sound system. 
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