Have you started learning Japanese writing? If you are new to Japanese, I recommend you learn hiragana first. Once you've mastered hiragana, you might want to learn katakana next. Katakana has 46 characters, like hiragana. It is mainly used to write foreign names, the names of foreign places and words of foreign origin. Therefore your name is likely to be written using katakana in Japan. I think it would be fun to be able to write your name in Japanese. There are various Japanese sites that allow you to download free katakana worksheets. I like the, "Kids Nifty" site, as it has cute pictures to make studying fun. It is also pretty easy to follow the instructions, even if you can't read Japanese. I have also updated my katakana lessons. Enjoy studying katakana!
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Hi,
thanks for the advice I have a friend who lives in Japan (I live in Oz) and want to try and learn some Japanese, already freaked out by the us of Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana and when to use which one.. from what you say I should learn Hiragana first.. so that’s what I will try and do!
thanks!
Watashi wa Hiragana ga daisuki!
Thank you for the website!
I learned my Hiragana and Katakana a couple months ago, but I’m slowly forgetting them… this website will be useful.
I haven’t tackled Kanji yet… there’s so much!
Thanks for your lessons I learn hiragana and katakana Namiko San.
Thanks for all.