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Elena S asked in TravelAsia PacificJapan · 7 years ago

writing katakana words with hiragana?

is it ok to write アルミニウム and マイクロフォン as あるみにうむ and まいくろふおん?

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  • 7 years ago
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    No, not OK. It looks awkward. But if you don't learn katakana yet, you can use hiragana as substitute.

    Source(s): a native Japanese
  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Although most people who know Japanese would be able to read that, it isn't grammatically correct would cause some difficulty in understanding. It is always best to write katakana words(foreign words) in katakana and Japanese words in either kanji or hiragana.

  • 7 years ago

    Not unless you're trying to be edgy. You would not see these words written as such besides perhaps in a rock song's titles and/or lyrics.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    あるみにうむ is good.

    まいくろふおん is wrong.

    マイクロフォン is まいくろふぉん

    (おぉおぉ)

    Normaly, however, those words are never written with Hiragana.

    Because loan words is written with Katakana.

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