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Re:Japanese typography: Kilograms of sinograms by andrewzah on Thursday March 25, 2021 @09:58AM (#26580328)
Unlikely. English and Japanese have different phonetics. The writing system just reflects the spoken language.

Korean has this same problem. Ice cream becomes ah-ee-suh kr-ee-muh, etc. I don't know very much Japanese but I believe it's even worse for Korean in this regard.

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