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かいてんずし。。



さけとウニとイクラガ
グルグル グルグル
ムシャムシャおいしかった

アララララ！

ワサビがからい
なみだがこぼれる
ポロポロポロポロ

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せんろで。。。。


ガタゴトガタゴト
でんしゃがさる
おかあさんのことをかんがえる

ポタポタポタポタ
なみだがこぼれる







(at train platform)
*sound of train passing by*
the train leaves 
thinking about my mother
*sound of tear drops falling*
tear drops fall.

山田さんへ

やまださんへ

初めまして。ソフィです。私はジュリアード とコロンビアの学生です。
ジュリアードでせんこうはピアノ ですが、コロンビアでにほんごをべんきょうしています。
どちらもたのしいですが、とてもいそがしいです。日本語のクラスでいつもしゅくだいがあります。でも、とてもおもしろいです。わたしはにぎやかなまちがすきですから、ニューヨークととうきょうがすきです。わたしははちがつみっかににほへいきます。どうぞよろしくおねがいします。


ソフィ

Why katakana?

Examples

Loan Words

Ice Cream アイスクリーム

Bus　　　　バス 

Pizza            ぴざ->ピザ

Premium butter croissant

プレミアムバタークロワッサン

Interesting example : Ramen　ラㅡメン

Even though Ramen is Japanese term, the origin of "Ramen” is derived from Chinese. 

 拉 (Pull) 麺 (Flour)

hii (ヒー), meaning "sigh" (onomatopoeia)

Emphasizing expression

 すごいですね。-> スゴイですね。(O)

The Japanese language is generally written with three different types of characters : Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana. In modern Japanese, Romaji (The Latin Alphabet) is also used for company names and logos, advertising, and when inputting Japanese into a computer.

Generally Katakana is used for loan words, onomatopoeia, (letters used to represent sounds),and emphasis. 

Using Katakana is to classify loan words.

(ex: Ice Cream, bus, RAMEN)

Interestingly, when I asked some Japanese friends, they couldn’t answer specifically, but just knew when it’s used. I personally think that this is because it's mutual understanding in Japan.

A few days ago, The Japan Golf Association announced that from this year, they will use Katakana for Korean golfer's names. Usually Korean athletes’ names were used to be written in Kanji, but many people made complaints about pronunciation of the names. 

Compared to Katakana, Hiragana has a lot of strokes(more used for handwriting), and Kanji is more complicated to read.

Because of this reason, Katakana is more easily recognized than Hiragana and Kanji in Japan: maybe this is also why signs or company names (for emphasis) are usually written in Katakana.