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Katakana

Noun

katakana (片仮名 , カタカナ )

A Japanese syllabary used to represent foreign words, names of life, or to emphasize a word or phrase.

katakana カタカナ

×  a   i   u   e   o 
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a

i

u

e

o
 k 
ka

ki

ku

ke

ko
 s 
sa

shi

su

se

so
 t 
ta

chi

tsu

te

to
 n 
na

ni

nu

ne

no
 h 
ha

hi

fu

he

ho
 m 
ma

mi

mu

me

mo
 y 
ya

yu

yo
 r 
ra

ri

ru

re

ro
 w 
wa

wi

vu

we

wo
 - 

n

Gray indicates rare katakana, blue indicates where romanization differs from the chart.

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