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片仮名かたかな

かたかな katakana Play N2 Noun

Meanings and examples

平仮名は書けるんだけど、片仮名はまだ書けないんだ。

I can write hiragana, but I can't yet write katakana.

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外来語は片仮名で書くことが多い。

Foreign words are often written in katakana.

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sham; temporary; interim; assumed (name); informal

name; noted; distinguished; reputation

one-sided; leaf; sheet; right-side kata radical (no. 91)

かな

kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)

かなづかい

kana orthography; syllabary spelling

ひらがな

hiragana; 47 syllables; the cursive syllabary

ふりがな

pronunciation key

おくりがな

part of word written in kana