c o n c e p t s .

Question 1

Katakana

Answer 1

Only used to represent words of foreign origin/ not originally Japanese.

Question 2

Hiragana and kanji

Answer 2

• Phonetic characters.
• Each represent a sound and don’t have meaning by themselves.
• Used together to form all Japanese words.

Question 3

Hiragana and katakana

Answer 3

Derived from the more complicated kanji.