katakana

かたかな

katakana writing ; the block form of Japanese writing

Example

ひらがなは　よめますが、かたかなは　よめません。

I can read hiragana but I can't read katakana.

Related words

• hiragana

  ひらがな

  hiragana writing ; the cursive form of Japanese writing

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• Basic Vocabulary

Kanji, hiragana and katakana

Japanese language consists of three kinds of characters: the ideographic Chinese characters known as kanji and the phonetic characters known as hiragana and katakana. Today, katakana is mainly used for foreign words, and kanji and hiragana for composing sentences.

• aisatsu(o)suru
• aizuchi o utsu
• aite
• au
• ao(i)