Katakana

Question 0

イ

Answer 0

I - looks like the ee-ave of a rooftop.

Question 1

ア

Answer 1

A - looks like a deformed ‘A’ laying on its side.

Question 2

ウ

Answer 2

U - looks like a bunch of bananas.

“Oo!” says the monkey as he spots the bananas.

Question 3

エ

Answer 3

E - looks like one of the small bones in an e-xoskeleton.

Question 4

オ

Answer 4

O - looks like a dancing ballerina on o-pening night.

Question 5

カ

Answer 5

Ka - looks like hiragana ‘ka’「か」but without the ‘.

Question 6

キ

Answer 6

Ki - looks like hiragana ‘ki’ 「き」but broken.

“Crap, the key broke!”

Question 7

ク

Answer 7

Ku - looks like the head of a coo-coo bird.

“Did the ku-coo bird die?”

Question 8

ケ

Answer 8

Ke - looks like the coo-coo bird got a keh-razy hairdo!

Question 9

コ

Answer 9

Ko - looks like an opened overturned box of co-la.

Question 10

サ

Answer 10

Sa - looks like a billboard sa-ign.

Question 11

シ

Answer 11

Shi - looks like a smiley face looking right.

She is always happy to get the su-shi.

Question 12

ス

Answer 12

Su - that looks like the guy that pushed me off the swing.

He better run or I’ll su-e!

Question 13

セ

Answer 13

Se - looks like a guy chilling in his car.

“Se-y, you wanna go hang out?”

Question 14

ソ

Answer 14

So - looks like a person climbing up a mountain side.

“Omg, this mountain is SO high!”

Question 15

タ

Answer 15

Ta - looks like an axe.

The axe makes a ta-pping sound while chopping down trees.

Question 16

チ

Answer 16

Chi - looks like a hammerhead shark from above.

“Anyone for fish and chi-ps?”

Question 17

ツ

Answer 17

Tsu - looks like a smiley face looking left.

“I’m always happy to get tsu-oup for lunch.”

Question 18

テ

Answer 18

Te - looks like the face of an ancient temple statue.

Question 19

ト

Answer 19

To - looks like a flip-flop while being tripped over.

“Ow, my toe!”

Question 20

ナ

Answer 20

Na - looks like a guy with an annoyed face.

“Dude, why did you eat my na-chos?!”

Question 21

二

Answer 21

Ni - looks like the wrinkles above your k-nee.

Question 22

ヌ

Answer 22

Nu - looks like an elf’s ear with a piece of jewelry sticking out.

“Looks like Elvie the elf needs a “nu” earring.”

Question 23

ネ

Answer 23

Ne - looks like Ne-o from the Matrix movies.

Question 24

ノ

Answer 24

No - looks like the side of a mountain.

The mountain climber fell while screaming, “Noooooo!”

Question 25

ハ

Answer 25

Ha - looks like a Chinese straw ha-t!

Question 26

ヒ

Answer 26

Hi - looks like the he-el of a foot in a shoe.

Question 27

フ

Answer 27

Hu/fu - looks like the nose of a manga character.

“W-hu let out that fu-nky fart?!”

Question 28

へ

Answer 28

He - looks exactly the same as hiragana ‘he’「へ」.

Question 29

ホ

Answer 29

Ho - looks like a farmer’s hoe.

Question 30

マ

Answer 30

Ma - looks like a dangerous road leading to a dead end.

Good thing I used a ma-p.

Question 31

ミ

Answer 31

Mi - looks like 3 stroke marks.

Who’s the third daughter in the family? Mi!

Question 32

ム

Answer 32

Mu - looks like the cow hurt its leg as it screamed “Mu!”

Question 33

メ

Answer 33

Me - that’s one me-ssed up scar.

Question 34

モ

Answer 34

Mo - looks like the letter ‘E’ in mo-tion.

That’s one fast ‘E’!

Question 35

ヤ

Answer 35

Ya - looks like a deer.

Maybe he’s friends with Ya-k 「や」.

Question 36

ユ

Answer 36

Yu - looks like a u-nique trophy.

Question 37

ヨ

Answer 37

Yo - is for “yo-ghurt”, which turns into alcohol if fermented.

If you eat it and get drunk you might find yourself writing in reverse, such as this reversed “E”.

Question 38

ラ

Answer 38

Ra - looks like a bowl and chopstick.

Anyone for some ra-men?

Question 39

リ

Answer 39

Ri - looks like a quotation mark, which you can only see while ree-ading.

This kana also looks slightly like its hiragana variant 「り」.

Question 40

ル

Answer 40

Ru - is for ‘roo-t’.

This kana looks like a tree truck with a giant root sticking out of the ground.

Question 41

レ

Answer 41

Re - looks like the Death Re-aper’s scythe hanging upside down.

Question 42

ロ

Answer 42

Ro - is for ‘roll’. Of course a square wheel won’t easily ro-ll!

Question 43

ワ

Answer 43

Wa - is for ‘wa-ter’. This kana looks like a facet.

Question 44

ヲ

Answer 44

Wo - looks like a deformed ‘W’ laying on its side.

“Wo-ah, what a weird looking ‘W’.”

Question 45

ン

Answer 45

N - looks like a climber climbing up a low hillside.

“Looks like I’m n-early there!”