片仮名(一) / Katakana (1)

Japanese writing system consists of three forms namely hiragana (平仮名), katakana (片仮名) and kanji (漢字). Katakana is generally used to translate a foreign word into Japanese word phonetically. It never cease to amaze me to discover how katakana translates any foreign words into Japanese words. Below are katakana which I learned from my window shopping at Cold Storage, The Centrepoint @Somerset.

チョコレートチップ(cho ko re- to chip pu)

Chocolate chips

クリーム(ku ri- mu)

Cream

バニラ(ba ni ra), ヴァ二ラ(va ni ra)

Vanilla

スタベリ(su ta be ri), 苺(いちご i chi go- hiragana)

Strawberry

ビスケット(bi su ket to), クッキ(kuk ki)

Biscuit, Cookies

ハム(ha mu)

Ham

チッズ(chiz zu)

Cheese

ハローキティ(ha ro- ki ti)

Hello Kitty

サンドイッチ(san do ic chi)

Sandwich

ミルク (mi ru ku)
Milk

ポテトステイック (po te to su tik ku)
Potato stick

ライチ (rai chi)
Lychee