One of the primary writing styles of Japan is Kanji, which includes complex characters that depict concepts. Instead of relying on words and phrases to represent meaning, Kanji depends on different strokes that indicate their meaning from their placement within a set of characters. There are more than 2,000 characters that are commonly used in Kanji, with another few thousand characters that are occasionally used. With so many characters, it is critical that a translator who is a native to the language be involved in the translation process.