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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 ー. ex. nōto (notebook), will be written in katakana as : ノート
Example. The sentence 'Mr. Gupta is an Indian.' is written in :
Japanese Romaji : Guputa san wa Indojin desu.
Japanese traditional (Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji) :グプタさんはインド人です。; where
Kanji = 人 (jin = person) ; Katakana = グプタ(Guputa), インド (Indo = India) and the rest is Hiragana.
Japanese Hiragana and Katakana (without Kanji) : グプタさんはインドジンです。
Note - The Kanji in the sentence written in Japanese traditional, 人 is replaced by the hiragana equivalentジン(Indo).
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 African = 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)
To denote nationality, 'jin', essentially a Hiragana / Kanji word (じん / 人) is suffixed to the name of the country.
Jin means person or people in Japanese.
ex. American = America + jin = Amerikajin ( (アメリカじん / アメリカ人)
Most nationalities are written in Katakana with the exception of Japanese, Chinese and Korean which are written in Hiragana / Kanji.
Japanese - Nihonjin (にほんじん / 日本人)
Chinese - Chūgokujin (ちゅうごくじん / 中国人)
Korean - Kankokujin (かんこくじん / 韓国人)
Romaji Vocabulary Hiragana Vocabulary Katakana Vocabulary Kanji Vocabulary
Hiragana Alphabets Katakana Alphabets Kanji Characters Tables
Nationalities in English (Kokuseki Eigo de) : Nationalities in Japanese Romaji (Kokuseki Nihongo Romaji de) : Nationalities in Japanese Katakana (Kokuseki Nihongo Katakana de)
- African
- Afurikajin
アフリカじん - Algerian
- Arujeriajin
アルジェリアじん - American
- Amerikajin
アメリカじん - Argentinian
- Aruzenchinjin
アルゼンチンじん - Asian
- Ajiajin
アジヤじん - Australian
- Ōsutorariājin
オーストラリアじん - Austrian
- Ōsutoriajin
オーストリアじん - Belgian
- Berugījin
ベルギーじん - Brazilian
- Burajirujin
ブラジルじん - British
- Igirisujin
イギリスじん - Bulgarian
- Burukariajin
ブルカリアじん - Canadian
- Kanadajin
カナダじん - Chilean
- Chirijin
チリじん - Danish, Dane
- Dējin
デーンじん - Dutch
- Orandojin
オランダじん - Egyptian
- Ejiputojin
エジプトじん - European
- Yōroppajin
ヨーロッパじん - Filipino
- Fuiriponjin
フィリピンじん - Finn
- Finrandojin
フィンランドじん - French
- Furansujin
フランスじん - German
- Doitsujin
ドイツじん - Greek
- Girishajin
ギリシャじん - Hungarian
- Hangarījin
ハンガリーじん - Icelandic
- Aisurandojin
アイスランドじん - Indian
- Indojin
インド じん - Indonesian
- Indoneshiajin
インドネシアじん - Iranian
- Iranjin
イランじん - Iraqi
- Irakujin
イラクじん - Irish
- Airurandojin
アイルランドじん - Italian
- Itariajin
イタリアじん - Kenyan
- Keniyajin, Keniajin
ケニヤじん, ケニアじん - Lebanese
- Rebanon
レバノン - Libyan
- Ribiajin
リビアじん - Malaysian
- Marēshiajin
マレーシアじん - Mexican
- Mekishikojin
メキシコじん - Moroccan
- Morokkojin
モロッコじん - North American
- KitaAmerikajin
きたアメリカ じん - Norwegian
- Noruwējin
ノルウェーじん - Pakistani
- Pakisutanjin
パキスタンじん - Peruvian
- Perūjin
ペルーじん - Polish
- Porandojin
ポランじん - Portuguese
- Porutogarujin
ポルトガルじん - Russian
- Roshiajin
ド ロシアじん - Saudi Arabian
- Sauji Arabiajin
サウジ アラビアじん - Serbian
- Serubiajin
セルビアじん - Singaporean
- Shingapōrujin
シンガポじん - South African
- MinamiAfurikajin
みなみアフリカじん - South American
- MinamiAmerikajin
みなみアメリカじん - Spanish
- Supeinjin
スペインじん - Swede
- Suuwēdenjin
スウェーデンじん - Swiss
- Suisugin
スイスじん - Thai
- Taijin
タイじん - Tunisian
- Chunijiajin, Teyunijiyajin
チュニジアじん, テュニジアじん - Turkish
- Torukojin
トルコじん - Ukrainian
- Ukurainajin
ウクライナじん - Venezuelan
- Benezuerajin
ベネズエラじん - Vietnamese
- Betonamujin
ベトナムじん