Can you read these katakana words? Challenge yourself and discover useful Japanese vocabulary
Start QuizA beginner-friendly quiz on everyday katakana words you'll spot all over Japan. It's made up of 7 multiple-choice questions, each with one correct answer — no prior study needed, just read the katakana and match its meaning. Perfect if you're learning katakana and want to recognize the loanwords on signs, menus, and packaging.
Katakana is Japan's way of flagging a word as "imported," but not every loanword comes from English. The word for bread, pan, actually sailed in from Portuguese (pão) with 16th-century traders — centuries before English became the go-to source. So when you spot a word in those angular katakana characters, it's a little clue that the term traveled here from somewhere else in the world.
Take on all 7 questions and see how many katakana words you can read!
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