Japanese Katakana

Katakana Table

	a	i	u	e	o
k
s
t
n
h
m
y
r
w
n
g
z
d
b
p

Notes

1. The vowel sounds are,
   a i u e o
2. Vowels are paired with consonants, e.g.
   ka ki ku ke ko
3. The n can appear on its own too,
   n
4. The t+i is chi and the t+u is tsu,
   chi tsu
5. The h+u is fu and the z+i is ji,
   fu ji
6. Small ya, yu, yo can follow chi as modifiers,
   cha chu cho
7. Small tsu can precede a character to extend the consonant sound, e.g.
   kka ssu tto
8. A dash can follow a character to extend the vowel sound, e.g.
   kaa suu too
9. So, for example, my name is written,
   
   (richaado teiraa)