V visser300 先輩 Joined 5 Sep 2011 Messages 68 Reaction score 4 6 Feb 2012 #1 These words are definitely not portrayed in katakana characters. But I've seen many websites & games of Japanese using these characters. May I have explanation from JREF members?
These words are definitely not portrayed in katakana characters. But I've seen many websites & games of Japanese using these characters. May I have explanation from JREF members?
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 6 Feb 2012 #2 There IS katakana for them, ヴェ, ヴァ, ヴィ, ファ, respectively. Those are basically used only for loan words or foreign words.(ヴェトナム, for instance)
There IS katakana for them, ヴェ, ヴァ, ヴィ, ファ, respectively. Those are basically used only for loan words or foreign words.(ヴェトナム, for instance)
E eeky 先輩 Joined 8 Jun 2010 Messages 2,431 Reaction score 22 7 Feb 2012 #3 There is a big list of these "extended katalana" forms at Transcription into Japanese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There is a big list of these "extended katalana" forms at Transcription into Japanese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia