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What does カタカナ (katakana) mean?

カタカナ means katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords.

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Romajikatakana
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カタカナ
katakana

katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

  1. 1noun katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

Also written: 片仮名、片かな

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