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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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Quiz by Zefyrinus
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Last updated: November 6, 2022
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First submittedMay 27, 2012
Times taken24,632
Average score60.9%
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Katakana
Rōmaji
ni
te
na
ma
ta
so
tsu
ri
e
a
yu
hi
Katakana
Rōmaji
ha
shi
ru
fu
he
ne
o
u
chi
to
wa
re
Katakana
Rōmaji
i
ho
ke
n
nu
me
ko
mi
ku
ro
mo
Katakana
Rōmaji
mu
se
ra
yo
ki
sa
no
ya
wo
ka
su
14 Comments
+5
Level 72
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 94
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 90
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 94
Nov 6, 2022
そうですね
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Level 68
Nov 7, 2022
分かりやすいだね
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Level 65
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 43
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 85
Nov 8, 2022
So I guess in the Japanese version, they are the Knights Who Say, "ニ!"
+3
Level 37
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 65
Jan 31, 2024
ツ シ are very similar...
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Level 72
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 :)