katakana in A Sentence

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    Katakana Phonetic Extensions.

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    It is divided into two versions: Katakana and hiragana.

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    Usually, hiragana is the default syllabary, and Katakana is used in certain special cases.

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    Hiragana and Katakana characters were incorporated as a relatively accurate way to represent the sounds of Chinese characters.

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    After downloading the Hiragana and Katakana lists and printing them on paper, you can practice writing by tracing over the letters.

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    Katakana are mostly used for representing onomatopoeia, non-Japanese loanwords(except those borrowed from ancient Chinese), the names of plants and animals(with exceptions), and for emphasis on certain words.

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    When it is necessary to distinguish between native Japanese kun'yomi and Chinese-derived on'yomi pronunciations, for example in kanji dictionaries, the Japanese pronunciations are written in hiragana, and the Chinese pronunciations are written in Katakana.

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    The one general exception to this is modern Chinese place names, personal names, and(occasionally) food names-these will often be written with kanji, and Katakana used for the furigana; in more casual writing these are simply written in Katakana, as borrowed words.

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