On vs. Kun reading?

From: Bob Clark (bclark_at_NO_SPAMairmail.net)
Date: 06/07/04 

Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 22:05:37 -0500

I am starting to work on the kanji in earnest this week. I was reviewing my
kanji reference today and was noting the on and kun readings. How do I
determine when to use the on or the kun reading in a written document? How
do I determine where word boundaries are in a written Japanese sentence? It
looks like the particles are all in hiragana, Is this a correct observation?
I have noticed as many as 5 kanji in a row, can there be more than one word
represented with no breaks between the kanji by hiragana or spaces? I am
using Hadamitzky and Spahn's "Kanji & Kana" book. Is this a good book to
use for my initial study?

Regards,

Bob

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