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Originally Posted by MMM
I am sorry I misread your post, Gaberdeen.
I am not sure what you mean by "using romaji as a translation tool". If you mean we use a QWERTY keyboard to type Japanese, then, yes, the ABCs are essential for inputing Japanese. But I don't think that's what you meant...
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Kind of - I meant if Romaji didn't exist at all, I don't think it would be possible for me to learn Japanese.
At least in my opinion anyway - Romaji's the key to learning how to pronounce (and some instances spell) japanese words correctly from an english speaking persons standpoint - without it you'd pretty much be looking at characters you have no idea how to pronounce.