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Japanese Language - Katakana Practice

The following katakana characters are in random order. Please write the Rōmaji (transliteration) in each yellow box.
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Last updated: November 6, 2022
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First submittedMay 27, 2012
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Katakana
Rōmaji
e
wo
u
ma
ki
sa
mi
tsu
o
wa
ka
n
Katakana
Rōmaji
ya
no
mu
yu
mo
su
he
fu
so
ra
se
i
Katakana
Rōmaji
ku
nu
ta
te
shi
to
chi
ho
a
ne
ri
Katakana
Rōmaji
ke
ru
ro
re
ko
ni
me
ha
na
hi
yo
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18 Comments
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Level 74
Aug 19, 2020
Update: Now the characters are truly randomizesd, so they appear in a different order every time.
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Level ∞
Nov 6, 2022
This could be useful for English speaking travelers in Japan. There are many English words in Japanese, and they are usually written in Katakana. So by learning these 46 symbols you can read a large number of words on signs. My friend used this skill, for example, to follow a sign to a ferry.
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Level 96
Nov 6, 2022
Yes katakana are very useful for borrowed foreign words. If you are looking for something native to Japanese, it's also useful to know the hiragana e.g. when looking for sushi :) Maybe a hiragana quiz too?
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Level 93
Nov 6, 2022
トリッキー・フォー・モースト・オブ・アス・アイ・エクスペクト
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Level 96
Nov 6, 2022
そうですね
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Level 71
Nov 7, 2022
分かりやすいだね
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Level 67
Jan 29, 2023
カタカナはかんたん
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Level 20
Nov 16, 2024
I feel like I shouldn't be surprised that I can read this and know the meaning, yet I am.
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Level 61
Jan 9, 2025
なんか寿司打みたいな所謂タイピングゲー的なのを思い出した
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Level 87
Nov 8, 2022
So I guess in the Japanese version, they are the Knights Who Say, "ニ!"
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Level 36
Jan 30, 2023
Ah this is what I have been looking for. All the other apps I use separate them into chunks so I have a false impression of knowing them all. For example the s and t's are grouped together so I always get them right due to a process of elimination, or the familiarity of them around that set.
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Level 67
Jan 31, 2024
ツ シ are very similar...
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Level 76
May 27, 2024
One is happy and looking at you, the other is happy and gazing at something else
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Level 20
Nov 16, 2024
I say tsu is like tsunami water coming down (don't question my thought process) and shi is like sheep (same sorta sound) running. Because sheep don't run vertically.

Idk, it's probably a useless technique, but I had to share with the world :)

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Level 39
Oct 22, 2025
there is no good way to describe this without drawing it out but I'll try to write it out in words. So ツ follows the same curve as the hiragana つ. (ツつ). And シ does the same thing with the hiragana し. (シし). Make sure to start from the eyes of the smiley and then move in the direction of the smile starting from wherever is closer to the eyes. I guess this is only much help if know hiragana but I hope it makes sense!
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Level 55
Jun 28, 2025
i get to and ma because tomato
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Level 39
Dec 8, 2025
i never seen ヲ in practice, anyone use this? lol (i mean www)
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Level 52
Feb 13, 2026
naw it just exist to fill the gaps