Katakana is today considered Japan’s second native script, to be learned after hiragana.It is usually studied in the first grade of elementary school, although some children master it before then.

Katakana is also used to write foreign names, onomatopoeic words, and the names of certain plants and animals. Finally, katakana is sometimes used simply for emphasis, similar to the way italics are ...

Words and phrases in katakana may appear to be easily recognizable to non-native speakers of Japanese, but they are often fiendishly difficult. This generally comes as a surprise to Japanese, who ...

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Katakana Flashcards (For printing out on Avery 5371 Business Cards.) This website was co-developed by Andrea Shea (ashea@csus.edu) and Professor Masuyama (kmasuyama@csus.edu) at Sacramento State ...

Finally Katakana too is generally believed to be beautiful too, though in an angular and strong way. Probably the truest part of the article was the part where the illiterate parents told the names of ...

Eliminating katakana's use as a pronunciation aide would benefit Japanese students' ability to communicate, but that clearly can't be achieved overnight. However, it's still worth putting up a ...

Simon Cartwright, 55, of Adidas, who played a central role in the project, said it was natural for Japanese katakana culture, which Japan could proudly show the world, to attract attention.

A favourite among many of Tokyo's cloth- and fabric-biased DIYers, the Kata Kata craft unit usually only sell their cutesy, colourful tenugui handkerchiefs, fur ...

This Shibuya branch of Jiyugaoka's Katakana continues the shop's mission of 'presenting Japanese cool', stocking a plethora of souvenir-appropriate products lik ...