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    3. 片仮名

    片仮名

    片カタ仮カ名ナ

    katakana

    N2KMT9News #32+1CoreNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab16 strokes

    片かな

    カタカナかたかな

    Noun

    1.
    katakana, angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
    word usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 16

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    これは片カタ仮カ名ナで書かかれています。

    This is written in Katakana.

    KMT2Core Concepts
    外がい来らい語ごは通つう常じょう、片カタ仮カ名ナで表ひょう記きされる。

    Loanwords are usually written in Katakana.

    KMT9Core ConceptsEducation
    日に本ほん語ご学がく習しゅう者しゃは、ひらがなだけでなく片カタ仮カ名ナも習とく得しゅうする必ひつ要ようがある。

    Japanese learners need to master not only Hiragana but also Katakana.

    KMT9Core ConceptsEducation
    自じ分ぶんの名な前まえを片カタ仮カ名ナで書かく練れん習しゅうをしました。

    I practiced writing my name in Katakana.

    KMT9Core ConceptsDaily Life
    擬ぎ音おん語ごや擬ぎ態たい語ごの一いち部ぶも片カタ仮カ名ナで書かかれることがあります。

    Some onomatopoeia and mimetic words are also sometimes written in Katakana.

    KMT9Core ConceptsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    片
    かた-・かた…(1)
    one-sided・leaf・sheet・right-side kata radical (no. 91)
    仮
    かり・かり-…(2)
    sham・temporary・interim・assumed (name)・informal
    名
    な・-な…(3)
    name・noted・distinguished・reputation
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