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This is the Katakana chart. Another Japanese writing system. This style is more often used for foreign names and words. Like a Western style name.An example. My name Kris would be used spelling the characters for Ki-Ri-Su. Which in Japanese means Christian if you add the honorific chan to it.
If you want to try and covert your own name be sure you don't go by spelling, but by how the syllable sounds in your name.
Like the word "wizard" would be u-i-za-do.
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Well, katakana is only really used for foreign words and sounds. It's used for some Japanese words as well, but it's mostly done through kanji and hiragana.
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I see. You learn something new every day
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my friend wants to know how he would spell out 'jonathon' (her boyfriend's name).
We thought of using the characters for jo-na-to-n but that doesn't seem right at all to me. Could you please help us?
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You are close. It would be 'Jo-na-so-n'. Japanese don't have a syllable for a 'tho' sound. "So" is used in it's place.
Just remember that the 'yo' after the 'ji' should always be smaller then all the other characters.
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So... according to the chart, to write my name in katakana, my name would be split up like this: A-ma-n-da
No clue... but that's my best guess
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You are right. Those are the characters you would use for your name.
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Oh, ok then 
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Just when using Katakana to write European names don't go by how you think something would be spelled. Go by how it would sound.
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Yep, I remembered you mentioned that earlier
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The only problem I have with using things like these is that names that are distinctly english, germanic, or otherwise involve harsh, consecutive consonants REALLY don't come across sensibly...and if it has multiple possible combinations you get a really wierd result from a Japanese speaker.
Here's an example: my name is Brent. The way it's commonly pronounced, you'd get "Bu-Re-N-Te"...which isn't really how you pronounce it but is the closest you can get. But instead of this close facsimile, you're likely to end up with "Bi-Re-Ni-Tu"! I've noticed this to pretty heavy in some of my favorite adaptations [Full Metal Alchemist, anyone?]...Edward becomes something like "Eh-Du-Wa-Ra-Do" even though Elrich is "El-ri-ke". This trouble goes with any of the systems...is there any way to shorten or 'cut' a syllable using this?
That said, joy! Now I won't have to run around not knowing what the sub-text, side-text, and some of the general stuff is! Very, very helpful for those of us who are symbolically-challenged
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Alriiiiight. You feel passionately about that don't you.
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It just happens to bother me a taaaaaad bit *wink* Mainly it's "I take the effort to try and say YOUR stuff ight, please attempt..." Still, it's a minor thing in the end and the chart is VERY helpful!
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Just sounds like a rant on a place where it's really not called for.
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Sorry it came across that way (I can get caught up in tangents), but the point was to complement you on a useful chart and ask about any symbols that are used to shorten or lengthen any of the characters...you had mentioned an extra dash extending a vowel? How does this look, and is there a correcsponding shortening mark?
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It just looks like a small dash. Think of it like a shortened "ichi".
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A dash next to a vowel turns it into a long vowel.
I *think* that if you have a miniature "tsu" symbol before the syllable, it'll make the consonant after it.
Like... (lengthener)(po) would become (p)(po), adding a bit of a stop to it.
And, from what I've heard of Japanese, the kana can be pronounced without the vowel sometimes. Don't know about the rules for it, though.
(example: desu vs. sumimasen. Desu sounds more like des', and sumimasen... sounds like sumimasen.)
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Is there a reason you are telling me things I already know???
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Too many question marks...
Anyway, I was talking to nemoutopia.
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Oh. It was replied to me though.
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This is Awesome.
Is this like a step to learning Japanese? I watched a lot of Anime....but that is not a proper way to learn it huh?....but it DID get me interested.
If you did the other ways of Japanese like Kanji and such, would it be in your gallery? I'd have to search.
I heard this Rosetta Stone can help me with the Japanese language. What do you think? It's expensive but if it helps I would buy it.
What I REALLY wanted to ask you is that where am I supposed to look for my name: "Allen Lee" and "NGA"? That's all.........
On another note: I LOVE Hotaru Tomoe and Kaguya!
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Well, this chart is a small part to learning Japanese. Katakana is used for any foreign words to Japan. It's not used for Japanese words. That's Hiragana and Kanji.
I don't think I could put all the kanji in my gallery. For one, I'm still learning kanji; and two, there are over a thousand kanji characters.
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I already knew my name in katakana I was just checking if it was right. ^^
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Awright! 8D I can't say what it is for fear of crazy stalkers though
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kinda hard for me to read since my whole name is .........Anthony Mui
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I'm not sure how you pronounce your last name, but it should be spelled with A-N-To-Ni (dash. Adding dashes means to extend the vowel sound so it would be Nii). Your last name would be Mu I. I would figure.
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It shouldn't be hard. Don't go by spelling. Go by phonetics. Using katakana to make your name you use how it should sound.
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phonetics?.............so hard still sorry
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I'm not sure how you pronounce your last name, but it should be spelled with A-N-To-Ni (dash. Adding dashes means to extend the vowel sound so it would be Nii). Your last name would be Mu I. I would figure.
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thanks though ^^ sorry for the trouble and btw you accidently double comment
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Yeah, I left a comment, but I wasn't sure if I posted it on the right place. Thought better safe.
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I see thanks for the tell then ^^
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Thank you. This is nothing compared to kanji. From what I've been told there are around 1000 Kanji characters. One Kanji character, from what I have seen so far, are used to represent 1-3 syllables, but I think that often only applies to hiragana characters. Katakana stand alone.
An example. The manga character Conan Edogawa His last name could be represented by kanji, but his first name only spelled using the characters for Ko(Co)-Na-N.
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i forgot something, I want to see you write hiragana, katakana and kanji! XD
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The Hiragana chart is just before this in my Scraps album.
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wait you wrote all of this? =o really? I didn't noticed! XD;;; nice hand writing! it's much better than mine! XD
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Thanks. I am missing a few characters. They aren't commonly used though. They were described as modern and as mostly used for foreign words that have syllables that aren't in normally used in the Japanese language.
So far I haven't been able to find how to make those characters.
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the "wi" and the "we"? o_o? I never knew there was such thing o_o;;; where did you get this chart from?
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._. ...... *twitches*
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oh! i just noticed in my japanese class my teacher has the katakana and hiragana chart with both the "wi" and "we" XD maybe I would bring my camera and take a picture of it and i'll show it to you
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Actually I know what they are. If you look close they should be the same as I and E. On the charts I have the Wi and We are deemed obsolete.
I forgot to mention that on that other posting.
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yeah I also saw it on the chart that my teacher has. it's either hiragana I think that the "wi" and "we" are different
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I know the characters. It's just they were deemed obsolete. They aren't really used at all anymore.
Like the character Vu.
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actually there's over 200 kanji 
well, if conan was a foreign person but had a japanese family name. the family name is still going to be in katakana, my sensei told me that.
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