katakana

UK /ˌkætəˈkænə/ US /ˌkætəˈkɑːnə/

noun 2name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

different, favourite, many, strong

VERB + KATAKANA

can't, convert, name, using, write, written

KATAKANA + NOUN

glyphs, hiragana, japanese, kanji, pronunciation, syllabary, syllabogram, words

PREP.

from, in, in

ADV.

maybe

Definitions

noun

A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.

A character thereof.

name

Alternative letter-case form of katakana.

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Example Bank

If you go around the Internet, using half-width katakana in various places, eventually you're going to end up pissing off a lot of people.

Tatoeba · #327915

The Japanese language has three different alphabets: hiragana, katakana and kanji.

Tatoeba · #4410549

Tom's name was easy to convert to katakana.

Tatoeba · #9373530

Tom can write his name in katakana.

Tatoeba · #9453489

My katakana has never been good and I'm losing my ability to read hiragana.

Tatoeba · #9613035

Taro's strong katakana pronunciation could be heard through his French.

Tatoeba · #10122893

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