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HIRAGANA 平仮名 / ひらがな
Hiragana is a Japanese syllabary and one basic component of the Japanese writing system. It is used to write native words for which there are no kanji, including grammatical particles and suffixes. When Hiragana is used to show the pronunciation of kanji characters as reading aid. That is referred to as furigana. Likewise, hiragana is used to write words whose kanji form is obscure, not known to the writer or readers, or too formal for the writing purpose.
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KATAKANA 片仮名/ カタカナ
Katakana is a Japanese syllabary and one component of the Japanese writing system. In contrast to the hiragana syllabary, the katakana syllabary is used for transcription of foreign language words into Japanese and the writing of loan words(collectively gairaigo); for emphasis; to represent onomatopoeia; for technical and scientific terms; and for names of plants, animals, minerals, and often Japanese companies.