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JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

カタカナ

katakana

katakana

Example sentences

  1. ひらがなは書かけますが、カタカナはまだ書かけません。

    I can write hiragana, but I can’t yet write katakana.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 日本語にほんごにはカタカナの言葉ことばがたくさんあります。

    There are many katakana words in Japanese.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 漢字かんじ片仮名かたかな平仮名交ひらがなまじり文ぶんで記しるされる。

    It is written in a blend of kanji, katakana, and hiragana.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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