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Usage of Japanese Scripts
  • There are 3 Japanese scripts : Hiragana, Katakana & Kanji. Mostof the Japanese sentences are written in Hiragana, Katakana & Kanji, all three.
  • Hiragana is used for the endings of verbs and for grammatical particles.
  • Katakanais used for transcription of words borrowed from foreign languages(except Chinese), mostly English in origin, like country names, personal names, etc.
  • Both Hiragana and Katakana are syllabaries in which each symbol represents a spoken syllable, representing exactly the same set of sounds.
  • Kanji, which is a set of Chinese characters called sinograms, is used for the nouns and the radicals of verbs.
  • The Hiragana script has a Kanji equivalent (excepts the endings of verbs and the particles).
  • The Katakana script does not have a Kanji equivalent.
  • Whereas Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic representations of sound, Kanji conveys sounds as well as meanings.
  • A sentence in Japanese can be written in Hiragana and Katakana only (without Kanji).
  • Romaji (Roman letters) is simply the transliteration of  Japanese in the Latin script. It is sometimes used for the convenience of foreigners, mostly on sign-boards and at stations.
  • The Romaji vowelsā, ī, ū, ē signify emphasis, and hence are also written asaa, ii, uu et ee. ex. īe = iie
  • The vowel ō becomes ou and not oo ex. gakkō = gakkou
  • In Katakana, the emphasis on the vowel signifies a long sound written as . ex. nōto (notebook), will be written in katakana as : ノ

Example. The sentence 'Australia is a continent and a country too.' is written in :

Japanese Romaji : Ōsutoraria wa tairiku to kuni mo desu. ;

Japanese traditional (Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji) :  オーストラリア大陸です。; where
Kanji = 大陸 (tairiku = continent), (kuni = country) ; Katakana = オーストラリア (Ōsutoraria = Auastralia) and the rest is Hiragana.

Japanese Hiragana and Katakana (without Kanji) : オーストラリアたいりくにです。
Note - The Kanjis in the sentence written in Japanese traditional, 大陸 and are replaced by their hiragana equivalentsたいりく (tairiku) andくに( kuni) respectively.

Note :
The Katakana vocabulary consists of words which are only to be written in Katakana, with the exception of some Hiragana words written in Katakana for the sake of foreigners. 
ex. Milk (gyūnyū) is a Hiragana word , also written in Katakana Romaji (miruku) in restaurant menus and supermarkets.

Some words are written as a combination of  Hiragana and Katakana.
South Africa = みなみアフリカ where, South (basically a Hiragana word) = みなみ and Africa = アフリカ (Katakana)
North America = きたアメリカ where, North (basically a Hiragana word) = きた and America = アメリカ (Katakana)

Most countries are written in Katakana with the exception of Japan, China, Korea and the continent Antarctica which are written in Hiragana / Kanji.
Japan - Nihon (にほん / 日本)
China - Chūgoku (ちゅうごく / 中国
Korea - Kankoku (かんこく / 韓国)
Antarctica - Nanyokutairiku (なんきょくたいりく / 南極大陸)

Romaji Vocabulary  Hiragana Vocabulary   Katakana Vocabulary  Kanji Vocabulary  

Hiragana Alphabets   Katakana Alphabets   Kanji Characters Tables

 



Countries in English (Kuni Eigo de)Countries in Japanese Romaji (Kuni Nihongo Romaji de) Countries in Japanese Katakana (Kuni Nihongo Katakana de)
AfricaAfurikaアフリカ
AlgeriaArujeriaアルジェリア 
ArgentinaAruzenchinアルゼンチン
AsiaAjiaアジヤ
AustraliaŌsutorariaオーストラリア
AustriaŌsutoriaオーストリア 
BahrainBārēnバーレーン
BelgiumBerugīベルギー
BrazilBurajiruブラジル
BulgariaBurukariaブルカリア
CanadaKanadaカナダ
ChileChiriチリ
Czech RepublicChekoチェコ
DenmarkDenmākuデンマーク
EcuadorEkuadoruエクアドル
EgyptEjiputoエジプト
EuropeYōroppaヨーロッパ
FinlandFinrandoフィンランド
FranceFuransuフランス
GermanyDoitsuドイツ
GreeceGirishaギリシャ
GuamGuamaグアマ
HollandOrandoオランド
HungaryHangarīハンガリー
IcelandAisurandoアイスランド 
IndiaIndoインド 
IndonesiaIndoneshiaインドネシア
IranIranイラン 
IraqIrakuイラク
IrelandAirurandoアイルランド 
ItalyItariaイタリア
KenyaKeniya, Keniaケニヤ, ケニア
KuwaitKuuētoクウェート
LebanonRebanonレバノン
LibyaRibiaリビア
MalaysiaMarēshiaマレーシア
MexicoMekishikoメキシコ
MoroccoMorokkoモロッコ 
NetherlandsNēderurando, Nezārandoネーデルランド, ネザーランド
New ZealandNyūjīrandoニュージーランド
North AmericaKitaAmerikaきたアメリカ
NorwayNoruwēノルウェー
PakistanPakisutanパキスタン
ParaguayParaguaiパラグアイ
PeruPerūペルー
PhilippinesFuiriponフィリピン
PolandPorandoポラン
PortugalPorutogaruポルトガル
RussiaRoshiaロシア
Saudi ArabiaSauji Arabiaサウジ アラビア
SerbiaSerubiaセルビア 
SingaporeShingapōruシンガポル 
South AfricaMinamiAfurikaみなみアフリカ
South AmericaMinamiAmerikaみなみアメリカ
SpainSupeinスペイン
SwedenSuuwēdenスウェーデン
SwitzerlandSuisuスイス 
ThailandTaiタイ
TunisiaChunijia, Teyunijiyaチュニジア, テュニジア 
TurkeyTorukoトルコ 
U.KIgirisuイギリス
UkraineUkurainaウクライナ 
UruguayUruguaiウルグアイ
USA (America)Amerikaアメリカ 
VenezuelaBenezueraベネズエラ
VietnamBetonamuベトナム

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