Thread:Dr.Super Cereal/@comment-29831449-20160925005538/@comment-29831449-20160925191621

it is very fair question actually so let me try to explain you the best way I can

for example you guys use classical latin letters in here so as long as language you are reading is using same writing system as you then you will be able to read the word but not understand its meaning am I right?

Japanese and Chinese case is inverted in here you see if there was something written in kanji Chinese person [who was raised as me where traditional symbols are more used then simplified ones] will be able to understand what it says since symbols have same meaning and stand for same thing translation wise for both of us but won't be able to read it on Japanese of course due different pronunciation of said symbols

so no we can't understand each other when speaking and only way we could "understand" each other if Japanese person was writing something using kanji symbols only in here which they don't at least not now days they use hiragana and katakana when they are writing and barely or any kanji in here which is why not even as I mentioned on that other thread Japanese people know their own kanji that well and if you were to stop random Japanese person on street and ask them to write you something on kanji and if the word was too uncommon or not used in daily bases not even they will know how to do it

so this is why I said Chinese person who was born in Hong Kong or Taiwan and as such uses traditional symbols more that are borrowed and used in said Japanese kanji we will be able to read and understand meaning of some word written in Japanese kanji due overuse of traditional in our daily life better and faster then Japanese person themselves and again if said word that is written in kanji isn't "common" kanji symbol in here chances are Japanese person will still be struggling to just read it in here since kanji isn't anymore commonly used writing system in Japan just like traditional symbols aren't commonly used outside Hong Kong or Taiwan or even Macao for example in here

hope this clears it out for you

[also haha almost again wrote as anonymous it forgetting this site knows to log me out sometimes when I close the tab]