Katakana is a part of the written Japanese language used for foreign terms and names. Learn this script to recognize many familiar words from other languages.

There are not one but three writing systems that work together in the Japanese alphabet system: namely Hiragana, Katakana & Kanji. Here’s an in-depth guide.

Thanks to everyone who has been playing Dinosaurs and Katakana and entered the contest we ran last month. The scores at the end were absolutely ...

Today in Jap class, I got challenged to find a use for the second katakana "o". Note it's not the first one "オ", but the second one (I can't even find this in my IME!)This is kinda ...

One of the first things you learn when studying Japanese is that the language incorporates four different styles of writing: the Chinese-derived characters known as kanji, the basic phonetic script of ...

As each kanji appears in the story of the manga, it’s also easy to imagine which compound would be appropriate for each situation. You can also learn antonyms and synonyms. Katakana book My next ...

Eliminating katakana's use as a pronunciation aide would benefit Japanese students' ability to communicate, but that clearly can't be achieved overnight. However, it's still worth putting up a ...