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Ka is a Japanese Kana. It can be written in Hiragana or Katakana.

Hiragana - か

Katakana - カ

A good way to remember this both of these is thinking of a Katana (A Japanese sword). The long like is a man bending over. The long stroke is his Katana.

Ka is also added to the ends of sentences to turn them into questions. For example;

あなたはスピン先生 (せんせいです.

Anata wa Supin Sensei Desu.
You are Dr Spin.
あなたはスピン先生 (せんせいです.か.
Anata wa Supin Sensei Desu Ka?

Are you Dr Spin?

There is more on that role of ‘ka’ HERE.

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Ho

December 6th 2007 14:20

Ho is a Japanese kana. It can be written in Hiragana or Katakana.

Hiragana - ほ This can be remembered as I Hope this hat impresses my skinny girlfriend (Same as は (ha), with a stroke on top for a hat.)

Katakana - ホ This can be remembered as Hopping between rocks. - Looks like a dude on one leg, hopping between rocks on either side.

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He

December 2nd 2007 09:41

He is a Japanese Character. It can be written in Hiragana or Katakana. It is pronounced 'Heh'.

Hiragana. へ

Katakana. ヘ

A good way to remember both these is 'where is Heavan?' as they appear as Upwards pointing arrows.

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Fu

November 12th 2007 01:03

Fu is a Japanese character. It can be written in Hiragana or Katakana.

Hiragana - ふ

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Hi

October 1st 2007 13:20

Hi is a Japanese kana that can be written in Hiragana or Katakana

The Hiragana character for hi is ひ. A Good way to remember this is 'he is smiling

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Ha

September 11th 2007 07:54

Ha is a Japaneses Kana which can be written in Hiragana or Katakana.

Hiragana - は This can be remembered by thinking 'haha, look at my skinny girlfriend', if you think of the left line as the skinny lady and the left line as a man with his arm out.
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O

September 4th 2007 03:04

O is a letter in Japanese.

It can be written in Hiragana - お

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E

August 17th 2007 07:39

E is a Japanese Kana. It can be represented in Hiragana or Katakana.

Hiragana - え- A good way to remember this is Z with Extra. (Looks like a Z with an extra little bit on top)
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U

August 16th 2007 01:09

U is a Japanese Kana pronounced 'ooh'. It can be represented by either katakana or hiragana.

Hiragana - う- This is my favorite hiragana to memorize. The long line is an old woman hunching her way down the street. Suddenly a brick falls on her back. she says, "Ooh!"
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I

August 11th 2007 05:28

I is a character in Japanese, pronounced ii.

I can be written in Hiragana or Katakana.
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A

August 6th 2007 05:20

あ (A) is a letter of the Japanese Hiragana alphabet.

A popular mnomic used to memorise the word is A for Antenna

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Trickier Katakana Words

June 1st 2007 21:46

Well, it seems by now you must have the hang of katakana. You've been exposed to a fair number of very common words, in English and Japanese, and I suggest you use them frequently!

However! Katakana is, after all, meant only to approximate the phonemes of a loan word from a foreign language. As such, sometimes some guesswork is involved to figure out what, exactly, a katakana word is trying to say

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Posted By: Philip Sharp - Category: Kana and kanji

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