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11-17-2009, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz View Post
 
But what really threw me was the use of 是非 instead of ぜひ. I'm under the impression that a careful writer of Japanese would not use kanji for that word. Perhaps Nagoyankee or yuriyuri or someone can shed some light on this. I'm not a native speaker, so I could be making a mistake.
I second this personally.

Though it's true that one sees it written in kanji from time to time, it's in bad taste in my opinion.
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