Let's Practice Katakana!
Once you've memorized all the kana, you need to practice reading (a lot). Use this page to practice reading words. Read the katakana out loud first and then choose the correct romanized option. Can you read these 50 important Japanese words?
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Vocabulary in the Quiz
Here are all the vocabulary words that appear in the quiz.
アメリカ America
テレビ television
コンピュータ computer
インターネット internet
カメラ camera
ラジオ radio
バイオリン violin
ギター guitar
ピアノ piano
ホテル hotel
レストラン restaurant
カフェ cafe
ハンバーガー hamburger
サンドイッチ sandwich
スーパー supermarket
バス bus
タクシー taxi
バイク motorbike
ジュース juice
コーヒー coffee
チョコレート chocolate
アイスクリーム ice cream
ビール beer
ワイン wine
スポーツ sports
テニス tennis
サッカー soccer
バスケットボール basketball
ゴルフ golf
スキー ski
パソコン personal computer
スマートフォン smartphone
メール email
ソフトウェア software
プログラム program
データ data
バッテリー battery
イヤホン earphones
マイク microphone
スピーカー speaker
テーブル table
ソファ sofa
シャツ shirt
スカート skirt
ジーンズ jeans
ネクタイ necktie
アクセサリー accessory
パソコン personal computer
プリンター printer
キーボード keyboard
why is soccer written as サッカー? why not just サカー? This will answer one of the questions I have but has not
been able to figure it out. Why add that ッ? Help please.
Great question! The small ッ in サッカー shows a doubled consonant sound—like the strong “k” in “soccer.” Without it (サカー), it would sound more like “sah-kah,” which isn’t how we say the word. That little ッ adds the right punch! Think of ッ as one beat between sounds. Say サ then pause a beat while getting your tongue and mouth ready for カ and then make the あ longer: ー
arigato goziamu
The video also very helpful. I want to point out a typo. Last answer for バイオリン has an l.
Thank you for this. I got 47/49, it took me awhile! Some of the words I could figure out but some I just didn’t know until seeing the list below. Why is katakana so much harder? Your quizzes are so helpful.
Great job! We use hiragana so much more often. We just get more practice with hiragana and practice
Great job! We use hiragana so much more often and therefore get more practice with hiragana. I will make more katakana quizzes and reading practice lessons in the future. It’s definitely a weakness of many students.
Did better than I thought I would… I’m just slow. 🙂
Yep! But little by little, with practice, your speed will increase.
Sorry for the auto-correct. I meant to say the quizzes don’t offer any assessment of how I’m doing. Thanks.
I’ll think about adding something for future quizzes. Thanks for the suggestion!
Love these quizzes, but I wish they would off an assembly of how I’m doing. They tell me my score, but don’t say what level I am or how I’m doing.