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The three Japanese writing systems include: Hiragana is the most commonly used script in everyday Japanese writing. It consists of 48 characters, which have curved shapes.

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He started writing novels in Japanese and translating them into Romanian around 2018. “For me, learning a language is a hobby," Saito said. "It’s not that I learn the language for my work.