Two simple illustrated figures stand either side of a Japanese signpost whose boards read 東口 (east exit), 出口 (exit) and 営業中 (open for business).
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Everyday Japanese Kanji: The Ones You’d See in a Single Day in Japan (and Why to Learn Them First)

About six in ten of the kanji on the beginner JLPT list are already on the streets of Japan. What signs and place names teach well, why none of it adds up to a sentence, and where the method runs out.

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