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.
1. the act of preferring. 2. something or someone preferred. 3. (Law) law. a. the settling of the claims of one or more creditors before or to the exclusion of those of the others. b. a prior right to payment, as of a dividend or share in the assets of a company in the event of liquidation.