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Subject: Re: any good road maps out there.
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 12:57:58 +0000 (UTC)
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Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:

> They're too damned hard to use. I always found it easier to spot the
> kanji I was looking for rather than trying to read all that horrible
> mess of romaji. It isn't necessary to actually *read* the kanji, just
> recognize it.

I don't have too much trouble reading the kanji for place names, but
I'll be d*mned if figure out which of the many (sometimes) possible
combinations of on/kun yomi to use on a given set without the romaji
(or kana.)

Mike