Japanese Characters Used for Foreign Words
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Question
Japanese Characters Used for Foreign Words
Answer
KATAKANA
Word Meaning:
KATAKANA — (uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.
Definitions from Wiktionary.