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by mistersquid 2396 days ago
In response to a question I had in response to your post,

> Is Japanese language always/often a mix of kanji and hanja? Are there significant kinds of text that are kanji-only?

my partner, a native Japanese speaker, explained

> Usually mix of kanji, hiragana, and katakana.

> But some words are written only in kanji like “入室禁止” meaning do not enter (this room)

> For the sentences, almost all sentences require hiragana for verbs.

My buddy, a native English speaker fluent in Japanese, responded

> It’s usually a mix.

From which I gather: kanji-only signage and phrasing (which can be "read" by Mandarin or Cantonese literates) is common, but longer constructions involving sentences typically will have hiragana and/or katakana which are phonetic and have little to no meaning for people not literate in Japanese.