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katakana

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Noun — A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.

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From Japanese 片(かた)仮(か)名(な) (katakana).

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