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katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
片仮名で名前を書いて。
Write your name in katakana.
外来語は片仮名で書くことが多い。
Foreign words are often written in katakana.
日本語を学ぶなら片仮名も覚えなければならない。
If you're learning Japanese, you have to learn katakana too.