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片かた仮か名な

usually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

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かたかな

Meanings

katakana, angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords(explanation)

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Example sentences

片仮名かたかなは外来語がいらいごを書かくときによく使つかわれる文字もじです。

Katakana is a script often used when writing loanwords.

この単語たんごは片仮名かたかなで書かかなければなりませんか。

Do I have to write this word in katakana?

外国人がいこくじんの名前なまえは一般的いっぱんてきに片仮名かたかなで表記ひょうきされる。

Foreign names are generally written in katakana.

子供こどものころ、平仮名ひらがなより片仮名かたかなのほうが難むずかしく感かんじた。

When I was a child, I found katakana harder than hiragana.

科学かがくの専門用語せんもんようごには片仮名かたかなが使つかわれることも多おおく、読よみにくいと感かんじる学生がくせいも少すくなくない。

Katakana is often used for scientific terminology, and there are quite a few students who find it difficult to read.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)