Katakana Flashcards

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

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

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U - looks like a bunch of bananas.

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

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

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

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

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

“Crap, the key broke!”

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

“Did the ku-coo bird die?”

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

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

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Sa - looks like a billboard sa-ign.

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Shi - looks like a smiley face looking right.

She is always happy to get the su-shi.

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

He better run or I’ll su-e!

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Se - looks like a guy chilling in his car.

“Se-y, you wanna go hang out?”

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

“Omg, this mountain is SO high!”

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Ta - looks like an axe.

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

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Chi - looks like a hammerhead shark from above.

“Anyone for fish and chi-ps?”

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Tsu - looks like a smiley face looking left.

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

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

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

“Ow, my toe!”

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Na - looks like a guy with an annoyed face.

“Dude, why did you eat my na-chos?!”

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

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

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

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

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No - looks like the side of a mountain. The mountain climber fell while screaming, "Noooooo!"
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Ha - looks like a Chinese straw ha-t!
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Hi - looks like the he-el of a foot in a shoe.
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Hu/fu - looks like the nose of a manga character. "W-hu let out that fu-nky fart?!"
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He - looks exactly the same as hiragana 'he'「へ」.
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Ho - looks like a farmer's hoe.
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Ma - looks like a dangerous road leading to a dead end. Good thing I used a ma-p.
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Mi - looks like 3 stroke marks. Who's the third daughter in the family? Mi!
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Mu - looks like the cow hurt its leg as it screamed "Mu!"
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Me - that's one me-ssed up scar.
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Mo - looks like the letter 'E' in mo-tion. That's one fast 'E'!
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Ya - looks like a deer. Maybe he's friends with Ya-k 「や」.
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Yu - looks like a u-nique trophy.
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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".
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Ra - looks like a bowl and chopstick. Anyone for some ra-men?
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Ri - looks like a quotation mark, which you can only see while ree-ading. This kana also looks slightly like its hiragana variant 「り」.
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Ru - is for 'roo-t'. This kana looks like a tree truck with a giant root sticking out of the ground.
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Re - looks like the Death Re-aper's scythe hanging upside down.
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Ro - is for 'roll'. Of course a square wheel won't easily ro-ll!
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Wa - is for 'wa-ter'. This kana looks like a facet.
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Wo - looks like a deformed 'W' laying on its side. "Wo-ah, what a weird looking 'W'."
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N - looks like a climber climbing up a low hillside. "Looks like I'm n-early there!"