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11 Best Japanese Kanji Flashcard Resources
Unlike written English, which uses a mere 24 letters, kanji is made up of 2,000 commonly used characters. While many…![desu under a magnifying glass with question marks](https://www.fluentu.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/site//6/desu-under-a-magnifying-glass-with-question-marks-768x512.jpg)
What Desu Means, How to Use It and Audio Examples
(desu) is often translated as “to be” in English. However, です is so much more complex and nuanced than that.…![birthday girl in pink with a unicorn headband and balloons](https://www.fluentu.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/site//6/happy-birthday-in-japanese-768x512.jpg)