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by w1ntermute 4305 days ago
Actually, you're wrong. The plural of "kanji" in English is "kanji": http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kanji
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That was not the basis of FreezerburnV's complaint, which was based on how it's done in Japanese, not English. So I don't believe SunShiranui's point is wrong. The fact that the plural of "kanji" is "kanji" in English does not establish a blanket rule that every word must be pluralized according to its language of origin. (And that is good, because pluralizing "cherry" would be a nightmare! It's an over-singularized form of the already-singular French "cherise.")