katakana

1. (uncountable)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.

   Katakana

   ката́канаkatákana, катака́наkatakána

   ката́канаkatákana, катака́наkatakána

2. (countable, uncountable)A character thereof.

1. I can write hiragana, but I can't yet write katakana.

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2. Tom can write his name in katakana.

   deTom kann seinen Namen in Katakana schreiben.

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3. Tom's name was easy to convert to katakana.

   deToms Name ließ sich leicht mit Katakana schreiben.

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4. Maybe my favourite katakana syllabogram is the one for "mu."

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5. Katakana is a syllabary.

   deKatakana ist eine Silbenschrift.

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• kataganaalternative archaic