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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.
  • Katakana is used for transcription of words borrowed from foreign languages (except Chinese), like country names, personal names, etc.
  • Both Hiragana and Katakana letters are phonetic representations of sound, 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 long vowels ā, 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 'There is a notebook in the bag' is written in :

Japanese Romaji : Nōto ga kaban no naka ni arimasu ;

Japanese traditional (Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji) :  ノートにあります。; where
Kanji = (kaban = bag), (naka = in) ; Katakana = ノート(nōto = notebook) and the rest is Hiragana.

Japanese Hiragana and Katakana (without Kanji) : ノートかばんなかにあります。
Note - The Kanjis in the sentence written in Japanese traditional, and are replaced by their hiragana equivalents かばん(kaban) and なか(naka) respectively.

Romaji Vocabulary  Hiragana Vocabulary   Katakana Vocabulary  Kanji Vocabulary  

Hiragana Alphabets   Katakana Alphabets   Kanji Characters Tables



KAZOKU (FAMILY)

English Word (Eigo no Kotoba)Japanese Word - Romaji (Nihongo no Kotoba) Writing in Japanese Scripts - Hiragana / Katakana & Kanji
father otousan, otōsan, chichi Hiragana : おとさん ;  Kanji : 父
mother okaasan, okāsan, haha Hiragana : おかさん ;  Kanji : 母
brother oniisan, onīsan, ototo Hiragana : おにいさん ;  Kanji : 弟
sister oneesan, onēsan, imoto Hiragana : おねえさん ;  Kanji : 姉妹
son musuko, obotchan
Hiragana : むすこ/ おぼっちゃん 
Kanji : 息子
daughter musume, ojousan
Hiragana : むすめ / おじょうさん
Kanji : 娘
husband  oshojin, otto Hiragana : おっと ;  Kanji : 夫
wife tsuma, onna Hiragana : つま ;  Kanji : 妻
uncle ojisan Hiragana : おじさん ;  Kanji : 叔父
aunt obasan Hiragana : おばさん ;  Kanji : 叔母
child ko, kodomo Hiragana : こ ;  Kanji : 子 
grandfather ojiisan, ojīsan Hiragana : おじいさん ;  Kanji : 祖父
grandmotherobaasan,  obāsanHiragana : おばあさん ;  Kanji : 祖母
I watashi Hiragana : わたし ;  Kanji : 私
we watashitachi Hiragana : わたしたち ;  Kanji : 我々
he kare Hiragana : かれ ;  Kanji : 彼
she kanojo Hiragana : かのじょ ;  Kanji : 彼女
they
karera
Hiragana : かれら ;  Kanji : 彼ら

KYŌTSŪ NA MONO (COMMON THINGS)

English Word (Eigo no Kotoba)Japanese Word - Romaji (Nihongo no Kotoba) Writing in Japanese Scripts - Hiragana / Katakana & Kanji
aeroplane hikouki, hikōki Hiragana : ひこうき ;  Kanji : 飛行機
airport kuukou, kūkō Hiragana : くうこう ;  Kanji : 空港
bag kaban Hiragana : かばん ;  Kanji : 鞄
book hon Hiragana : ほん ;  Kanji : 本
car kuruma Hiragana : くるま ;  Kanji : 車
eraser keshi gomu Hiragana : けしごむ ;  Kanji : 消しゴム
fork fouku, fōku Katakana : フォーク 
knife naifu Katakana : ナイフ
napkin napukin Katakana :  ナプキン
notebook nouto, nōto Katakana : ノート
paper kami Hiragana : かみ ;  Kanji : 紙
pen pen Katakana : ペン
pencil enpitsu Hiragana : えんぴつ ;  Kanji : 鉛筆
school gakkou, gakkō Hiragana : がっこう ;  Kanji : 学校
spoon saji Hiragana : さじ ;  Kanji : 匙

ZATTA NO KOTOBA (MISCELLANEOUS WORDS)

English Word (Eigo no Kotoba)Japanese Word - Romaji (Nihongo no Kotoba) Writing in Japanese Scripts - Hiragana / Katakana & Kanji
morning asa Hiragana : あさ ;  Kanji : 朝
evening ban Hiragana : ばん ;  Kanji : 晩
night yoru Hiragana : よる ;  Kanji : 夜
yes hai Hiragana : はい
no iie, īe Hiragana : いいえ
left hidari Hiragana : ひだり ;  Kanji : 左
right migi Hiragana : みぎ ;  Kanji : 右
north kita Hiragana : きた ;  Kanji : 北
south minami Hiragana : みなみ ;  Kanji : 南
east higashi Hiragana : ひがし ;  Kanji : 東
west nishi Hiragana : にし ;  Kanji : 西
street touri, tōri, michi Hiragana : とうり/ みち ;  Kanji : 通 
avenue oudouri, ōdōri Hiragana : おうどうり ;  Kanji : 大通り
thank you arigatou, arigatō Hiragana : ありがとう
goodbye sayounara, sayōnara Hiragana : さようなら

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