In modern Japanese, the hiragana and katakana syllabaries each contain 46 basic characters, or 71 including diacritics. With one or two minor exceptions, each different sound in the Japanese language (that is, each different syllable, strictly each mora) corresponds to one character in each syllabary.
(kÅ-Åptâ², kÅâ²Åptâ²) tr.v. co-optÂ·ed, co-optÂ·ing, co-opts. 1. To elect as a fellow member of a group. 2. To appoint summarily. 3. To take or assume for one's own use; appropriate: co-opted the criticism by embracing it.
comÂ·monÂ·alÂ·iÂ·ty. n. pl. comÂ·monÂ·alÂ·iÂ·ties. 1. a. The possession, along with another or others, of a certain attribute or set of attributes: a political movement's commonality of purpose.b. A shared feature or attribute. 2.ommonality. The common people: common (used in plural), commonalty, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), populace, public, ruck, third estate.