Associations to the word «Katakana»

Wiktionary

KATAKANA, noun. (uncountable) 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.
KATAKANA, noun. A character thereof.
KATAKANA, proper noun. Alternative spelling of katakana

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats