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Actually, it's an issue of

Actually, it's an issue of what form of Romanji is used. There are several different methods and while the popular Hepburn method would translate it as 'matsu', there are other methods that would indeed translate it as 'matu'. All the more reason to learn Hiragana and Katakana well so you don't have to depend on Romanji.


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