カタカナ (katakana)

katakana

  • JLPT N2
  • Pitch -1
Flashcards

Meaning

片仮名 (かたかな, katakana) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “katakana”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

名前なまえをカタカナで いてください。

Please write your name in katakana.

あの学生は漢字は言うまでもなく、平仮名、片仮名さえ知らない。

That student doesn't know even hiragana and katakana, let alone kanji.

片仮名も平仮名に改める。

Changed katakana to hiragana.

また振り仮名は片仮名で表す。

It was accompanied by furigana (kana syllables written beside Chinese characters to aid in reading) in the form of katakana (the square form of kana or the Japanese syllabaries).〔〕