How do you say "can you write that in hiragana/katakana?" in Japanese. For example, if someone sends me kanji, but I cant read it, I want them to write it in Hiragana/katakana. Thank you for your hel

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How do you say "can you write that in hiragana/katakana?" in Japanese. For example, if someone sends me kanji, but I cant read it, I want them to write it in Hiragana/katakana. Thank you for your help!!

Mar 8, 2016 6:58 AM

Answers · 6

just return かんじ　よめません to them.

March 8, 2016

I prefer use hiragana for how to read kanji, so I would say: ひらがなでかいてもらえますか。 It's the translation, however, we have other ways of say it because of the politeness. ひらがなでかいてもらえませんか。ひらがなでかいていただけますか。ひらがなでかいていただけませんか。 (It's the politest between these four.) I hope this was helpful.

March 8, 2016

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