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In practice though, you'll never confuse them because katakanas are only used for non-Japanese words. 昨夜 sounds a bit too formal if you're chatting with friends
by soraminazuki 3y ago
In practice though, you'll never confuse them because katakanas are only used for non-Japanese words. 昨夜 sounds a bit too formal if you're chatting with friends.
- Macha 3y agoI mean, it depends. Fiction at least will sometimes use katakana for emphasis or to point out a word that sounds different, a bit like using all caps in english, except a little bit more common. I've certainly seen タベナ as an instruction to eat in a manga recently.