Japanese has why "Katakana" must be used.
Katakana(カタカナ/片仮名) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet.
Katakana are characterized by short, straight strokes and angular corners, and are the simplest of the Japanese scripts.
The katakana is used for the notation of the word of loan word mainly.
- Difficult loan word to translate into Japanese.
- Loanword that has been established as Japanese.
- Japanized English.
- Emphasis of word in advertising media.
1. Difficult loan word to translate into Japanese.
| Example | Katakana notation | Pronunciation |
| Design | デザイン | dezain |
| Image | イメージ | imeeji(imēji) |
| Gasoline | ガソリン | gasorin |
| Fastener | ファスナー | fasunaa(fasunā) |
| Hard disk | ハードディスク | haado disuku(hādo dhisuku) |
| Antenna | アンテナ | antena |
Other: country names, foreign places, personal names, animal ,plant species, and minerals etc.
2. Loanword that has been established as Japanese. .
| Example | Katakana notation | Pronunciation |
| Camera | カメラ | kamera |
| Taxi | タクシー | takushii |
| Apron | エプロン | epuron |
| Elevator | エレベーター | erebetaa(erebētā) |
| U-turn | ユーターン | yuu taa n(yūtān) |
| Volume | ボリューム | boryuumu(boryūmu) |
| Monitor | モニター | monitaa(monitā) |
3. Japanized English.
| Example | Katakana notation | Pronunciation |
| PC | パソコン | pasokon |
| The keeping of one's own bottle of liquor in one's favorite bar. | ボトルキープ | botoru kiipu |
| Air conditioner | エアコン | eakon |
| Custom-made | オーダーメード | oodaa meido(ōdā meido) |
| Last orders; Last call | オーダーストップ | oda sutoppu(ōdā sutoppu) |
| One-room apartment | ワンルームマンション | wan ruumu manshon) (wan rūmu manshon) |
| The state that does not become independent from mother mentally. | マザコン | mazakon |
4. Katakana for emphasis by advertising media.
Katakana are used for emphasis, especially on signs, advertisements, and hoardings (i.e., billboards).
The consumer receives the strong impression to the advertisement by "Originally, word that should write by the kanji or the hiragana"'s being written by the katakana.
The katakana word used for this advertisement is very impressive.
Hararie
Tokyo Time
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