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Anyone know a good written form of ‚½‚­‚³‚ñ?

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Anyone know a good written form of

Postby puargs » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:44 am

Anyone know any 漢語 for たくさん? I'm writing a byzantine moushikomisho for an institution whose forms scream "use as little kana as possible".

Thanks guys to anyone who knows :D
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Postby puargs » Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:20 am

Why do the Japanese always have to have a favorite saying?
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Postby kamome » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:51 am

YBF is as ageless as time itself.--Cranky Bastard, 7/23/08

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Postby Greji » Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:09 am

[quote="kamome"]How about 数]

I'll ditto the seagull. 数多 has probably the widest use in written work (at least in my office), but even though takusan is almost always written in kana, 沢山 is the correct kanji. The reason, or at least so I have been told by my colleagues is that 数多くis more polite and should be used for writing, while 沢山 is normally reserved for speaking only! But, again it is context and as always in Nihongo, there are special exceptions because they, of course, are special people.
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Postby kamome » Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:09 am

YBF is as ageless as time itself.--Cranky Bastard, 7/23/08

FG is my WaiWai--baka tono 6/26/08

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Postby puargs » Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:47 am

Sweet, 数多く is exactly what I was looking for. I do remember it, i just couldn't conjure it from the depths of my awful japanese. Thanks, guys!
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