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Modern Japanese combines the use of hiragana, katakana and kanji in its writing system.
Every katakana character has an equivalent hiragana character.
Katakana is commonly used for loan words, and things you want to create a special impression.
Even it may seem awkward, if you write every character in katakana, native Japanese could still be able to read it.
Katakana, like hiragana, is (almost) 100% phonetic. What you see is what you pronounce.
Sounds For Foreign and Loan Words tables are katakana for foreign sounds which are not covered by the standard 104 katakana in the first 3 tables. Its use is not as standardized and slightly varies among a lot of Japanese, especially from the younger generation.
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| a | i | u | e | o | |
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| a | ア a |
イ i |
ウ u |
エ e |
オ o |
| k | カ ka |
キ ki |
ク ku |
ケ ke |
コ ko |
| s | サ sa |
シ shi |
ス su |
セ se |
ソ so |
| t | タ ta |
チ chi |
ツ tsu |
テ te |
ト to |
| n | ナ na |
ニ ni |
ヌ nu |
ネ ne |
ノ no |
| h | ハ ha |
ヒ hi |
フ fu |
ヘ he |
ホ ho |
| m | マ ma |
ミ mi |
ム mu |
メ me |
モ mo |
| y | ヤ ya |
ユ yu |
ヨ yo |
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| r | ラ ra |
リ ri |
ル ru |
レ re |
ロ ro |
| w | ワ wa |
ヲ wo |
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| nn | ン nn |
| a | i | u | e | o | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g | ガ ga |
ギ gi |
グ gu |
ゲ ge |
ゴ go |
| z | ザ za |
ジ ji |
ズ zu |
ゼ ze |
ゾ zo |
| d | ダ da |
ヂ ji |
ヅ zu |
デ de |
ド do |
| b | バ ba |
ビ bi |
ブ bu |
ベ be |
ボ bo |
| p | パ pa |
ピ pi |
プ pu |
ペ pe |
ポ po |
| ゃ | ゅ | ょ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| き | キャ kya |
キュ kyu |
キョ kyo |
| し | シャ sha |
シュ shu |
ショ sho |
| ち | チャ cha |
チュ chu |
チョ cho |
| に | ニャ nya |
ニュ nyu |
ニョ nyo |
| ひ | ヒャ hya |
ヒュ hyu |
ヒョ hyo |
| み | ミャ mya |
ミュ myu |
ミョ myo |
| り | リャ rya |
リョ ryo |
リュ ryu |
| ぎ | ギャ gya |
ギュ gyu |
ギョ gyo |
| じ | ジャ ja |
ジュ ju |
ジョ jo |
| び | ビャ bya |
ビュ byu |
ビョ byo |
| ぴ | ピャ pya |
ピュ pyu |
ピョ pyo |
| ァ | ィ | ゥ | ェ | ォ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| シ | シェ she |
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| チ | チェ che |
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| ツ | ツァ tsa |
ツェ tse |
ツォ tso |
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| ティ ti |
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| フ | ファ fa |
フィ fi |
フェ fe |
フォ fo |
|
| ジ | ジェ je |
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| デ | ディ di |
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| ュ | |||||
| デ | デュ dyu |
| ァ | ィ | ゥ | ェ | ォ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| イ | イェ ye |
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| ウ | ウィ wi |
ウェ we |
ウォ wo |
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| ク | クァ kwa |
クィ kwi |
クェ kwe |
クォ kwo |
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| グ | グァ gwa |
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| ツ | ツィ tsi |
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| ト | トゥ tou |
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| ド | ドゥ dou |
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| ヴ | ヴァ va |
ヴィ vi |
ヴ vu |
ヴェ ve |
ヴォ vo |
| ュ | |||||
| テ | テュ tyu |
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| フ | フュ fyu |
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| ヴ | ヴュ vyu |