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Originally Posted by Nagoyankee
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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I remember in my first semester of Chinese, I learned both of these characters. I was in my second semester of Japanese. I was so excited to have learned how to write 是非 in kanji (and 是々非々＊). I found out because the former character is the Chinese equivalent of "to be," and so I wanted to "double" my learning by finding out its usage in Japanese.
I think it turned out that my Japanese professor wasn't familiar with that kanji's usage (or maybe she was just trying to discourage me from using the kanji by playing dumb).
＊是々非々 is used like this (
PS don't actually use this, you fools):
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政府は外交問題に関し是々非々の態度貫くべきだ。
The government should always remain fair and open in matters of diplomacy.
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是々非々 here is something like "impartial" or "unbiased."