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Re:The most frequent 777 characters give 90% coverage of Kan... by jackklika on Saturday August 17, 2019 @12:43AM (#20722106)
I've noticed the same where I can understand the basics of a Japanese program if there's subtitles. But there are some oddities like 食 being used in a verb (as in 食べる) or 行 as to go. But you still have good context and can at least understand the topic in most cases.
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Re:The most frequent 777 characters give 90% coverage of Kan... by wilsonthewhale on Saturday August 17, 2019 @01:25AM (#20722274)
knowing Cantonese helps here, as both the verbs you mention are still common verbs in modern Cantonese.
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