Category talk:1000 Japanese basic words

Shouldn't this be 1000 basic Japanese words? --Ptcamn 03:32, 15 September 2006 (UTC) Or even better, 418 Basic Japanese Words. Why not compile an entire list, THEN make a category. Besides, one could programmatically determine 1000 common words easily. I'd nominate for speedy deletion, but I'm not sure how, and cbd. 64.139.246.41 19:06, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Romaji and Hiragana/Kanji boith listed?
Why are there listings for both ゴキブリ and gokiburi, or ひとつ and hitotsu?

Second, should words like カレンダー and グラム be in this list? it says Japanese basic words, I understand wholeheartedly that these words are used everyday in Japan and spelled in a weird looking alphabet, but that doesn't make them Japanese, any more than saying karate is an English word just because it is pronounced "ker-rod-E" or fiancee just because we dont have another word for it. If you need more "Basic" words I can give you a few hundred if you like, but we should re think using non Japanese words in a list of "Japanese words". (disu izu notto a Jyapanizu sentensu!!)

RFM discussion: September 2016

 * See Category talk:Basic words by language.