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Japanese is the official language of Japan, spoken by over 125 million people worldwide and belonging to the Japonic language family.
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Japanese is the official language of Japan, spoken by over 125 million people worldwide and belonging to the Japonic language family. The language is known for its complex politeness system and three-part writing system that combines Chinese characters (kanji) with two phonetic alphabets, hiragana and katakana. Its grammar features a subject-object-verb sentence structure, often omitting the subject and using specific terms to address people.
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