Kanazawa Roadster Club / Japanese School

Japanese School

(Last Update : AUGUST 5, 2000)

About Japanese Characters

We use mainly three kinds of characters in Japan. Two of three are our traditional characters. One of them is hiragana and we use hiragana best. The other is katakana and katakana is mainly used for words of foreign origin. The rest of the three is Chinese character, kanji. We use kanji frequently. Hiragana and katakana are phonograms and we can pronounce as we read. Kanji is an ideogram and we must learn how to read. Addition to it, one kanji has more than 2 pronunciations.

Importantbout Japanese Words

These are important Japanese words, which are relevant to Miata MX5 or our club. Please feel free to use these files for your original decals. If you hope to request us new words, please let us know what you hope.

<A>

Word(s)	Character	Letters	Pronounciation
Autocrossing or Gymkhana	Katakana		Gymkana

<C>

Word(s)	Character	Letters	Pronounciation
California	Katakana		Kaliforunia

<D>

Word(s)	Character	Letters	Pronounciation
drift	Katakana		Dorifto

<E>

Word(s)	Character	Letters	Pronounciation
Eunos Roadster	Katakana		Younosu Roudosuta

<F>

Word(s)	Character	Letters	Pronounciation
fast	Kanji+ Hiragana		Hayai
fast	Hiragana		Hayai

<H>

Word(s)	Character	Letters	Pronounciation
Hiroshima	Kanji		Hiroshima
Hiroshima	Hiragana		Hiroshima

<K>

Word(s)	Character	Letters	Pronounciation
Kanazawa (Our City)	Kanji		Kanazawa
Kanazawa (Our City)	Hiragana		Kanazawa

<M>

Word(s)	Character	Letters	Pronounciation
Mazda	Katakana		Matsuda
Mazda	Hiragana		Matsuda

<N>

Word(s)	Character	Letters	Pronounciation
nice-looking	Kanji + Hiragana		Kakkou-ii
nice-looking	Hiragana		Kakkou-ii
No.1	Kanji		Ichiban
No.1	Hiragana		Ichiban

<O>

Word(s)	Character	Letters	Pronounciation
oneness between rider and horse	Kanji		Jinba-Ittai
oneness between rider and horse	Hiragana		Jinba-Ittai
open	katakana		Oupun

<P>

Word(s)	Character	Letters	Pronounciation
power	Kanji		Bariki
power	Hiragana		Bariki

<R>

Word(s)	Character	Letters	Pronounciation
race track	Katakana		Cirkitto
race	Katakana		Laysu

<S>

Word(s)	Character	Letters	Pronounciation
sensibility	Kanji		Kansei
sensibility	Hiragana		Kansei
Sports Car	Katakana		Supoutsu-Ka

<T>

Word(s)	Character	Letters	Pronounciation
turbo	Katakana		Turobo

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