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In the Japanese translation of the game “Deltarune” there is a character who speaks mostly in Katakana. She occasionally uses kanji; but as seen here, her statement is shown to have everything in katakana, even things like “私” and particle “は”
She is a computer, so I wonder if it is meant to seem like unnatural or mechanical sounding speech, or emphasizing that she is not human and does not speak normally.
It is also interesting that sometimes her speech is arranged in Japanese code formats
- ペレズ

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In the 5th opening theme of Initial D (Dogfight by m.o.v.e) katakana is used multiple times in the chorus. The katakanas シビレ (numbness), ココ (here), and カゲロウ (heat haze) are used. I feel like these katakanas are most likely used for emphasis to help show how powerful the chorus of the song sounds, as the normal kanji for しびれ 「痺れ 」is used in the previous verse.

マシュー・ウイリアムズ

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I think Suzuki, which is a Japanese motor vehicle brand, chooses to write their name in katakana because it stands out more, and people can clearly spot the brand name while watching or reading an advertisement.

（マスティンガル、ステファニー)

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As you can see, many of the elements on the elemental chart, which is something used around the world, are written in katakana. For example, Cr (Cobalt) is コバルト. It may be because they are loan words.

（マスティンガル、ステファニー)

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ウバメガシ　is a word that I cannot interpret, but I assume that it is the Japanese word for “Quercus phylliraeoides A. Gray.” I am guessing that the Japanese translation is used in katakana instead of kanji or hiragana.
（マスティンガル、ステファニー)

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Onomatopoeia for bounce into katakana. It's ボソツ for the action.

ティファニー•イー

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They used katakana for the song title and artist name. For balloon, it's バルーン instead of ふうせん, and Charles(シャルル) is a foreign name.

ティファニー•イー

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テメエ　is usually written as てめえ but in this case it is written in katakana to emphasize the anger in the tone being used.

カイル・フォックス

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It's a foreign name for the package for peach cream frappe to ピー チ クリ－ム フラッペ. Also style because they used ピーチ instead of もも.

ティファニー•イー

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I think that rather than just because it is a loan word, ベジタリアン or vegetarian is used here to not only make it easier to read the vegetarian items, but to also make them distinct from the vegan items on this menu.

カイル・フォックス

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Means something glittering and shining.

フィシャ．ワン

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Translated from English, this is a movie poster for the movie "Jaws" in Japan.

カイル・フォックス

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Use as a song tittle. パプリカ is a Japanses song sung by Kenshi Yonezu.

フィシャ．ワン

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Translated from English "beer"

フィシャ．ワン

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Much of the names for specific dungeons/raids are in loan words or foreign names. Unsure why "Myths of the Realm" has been adjusted from a kanji style title to a katakana loan name.
-ブリイ

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ドラゴンクエストウォーク

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ドラゴンクエストウォーク

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Game/character title that is using more of a foreign word name (メタル）rather than using the kanji for metal (金属).
‐ブリイ

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Foreign name used for title of movie, ミラベル is main character's name.
-ブリイ

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奇しき赫耀のバルファルク

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奇しき赫耀のバルファルク

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バルファルク (Valstrax) is the name of an Elder Dragon in the Monster Hunter series. It is written in Katakana because it is a foreign name.

マシュー・ウイリアムズ

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ギリギリわるくないわため

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ギリギリ is used in the title of Tsunomaki Watame's series「ギリギリわるくないわため」(Watame Did Borderline Nothing Wrong). The Katakana 「ギリギリ」is used here as a sort of onomatopoeia. It is not necessarily used to mimic a sound, instead, it is used to say something is just barely being done. In the context of Girigiri Warukunai Watame, it is a play on her usual catchphrase 「わためはわるくないよね」which she says whenever something goes wrong on her livestreams. In the series, Watame finds herself in situations where she has good intentions but ends up doing something slightly wrong each time, so she ends up just barely being blameless. I think ギリギリ is written in katakana instead of hiragana to put emphasis on the fact that she barely did something wrong.

マシュー・ウイリアムズ

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Two characters drifting their cars in Initial D

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「ギャア」is the the screeching sound a car's tires makes when it loses traction to the road and wheelspin occurs. 「ギャア」is used many times throughout in manga of initial D when a character's car loses traction and it drifts around a turn.

マシュー・ウイリアムズ

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オマエ is used by Elder Fugen in Monster Hunter Rise when referring to your character. In this moment, he asks you to slay a monster that poses a serious threat to the village. I feel like he is putting emphasis that he needs you specifically to save the village since you are the strongest hunter in the village. However, it could also be because of Elder Fugen's general characteristics of being loud, masculine, and lacking in manners.

ーマシュー・ウイリアムズ

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This is one of the options on the menu of a fancy looking restaurant called

日本料理空海本店 (nihon ryouri kuukai honten), or just Kuukai, based in Yokohama. In describing this option, they called it a プレミアム懐石コース (premium kaiseki course), loaning the words "premium" and "course". The reason why I put it in this section instead of under loaned/foreign words is because I believe that this is not only a specific foreign style of having a meal (dinner courses) that was imported to Japan, but these words were used intentionally to make the option look extra fancy. Though there are Japanese words for "premium", by using an English word it is emphasized as it may take "higher education" to be able to understand it, making it appear "higher class".

アレキサンダー・チェー

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I wasn't sure if i should put this under the titles section or under this. Coffee is in katakana, they are purposely changing half the hirigana of "ぎゅうにゅう"  to "ぎゅう NEW" for advertisement purposes to show a new product. It's easy to follow and fun to say.
~リベラ

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ハーブティー and ドア

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ハーブティー and ドア

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This is another lyric from the song 空想フォレスト (Kuusou Forest) by じん. These had very different uses from the previous words, so I thought it was worth mentioning separately. In this case, I think that ハーブティー (herb tea) uses katakana because this form of tea likely originated outside of Japan.

As for ドア (door), I found it interesting how this was used even though there is technically a word for it in Japanese, 扉 (tobira), as well. Looking into it further, I found that it was likely first used with the western style of doors with hinges, or doors with only one panel and hinges, while 扉 is often used for sliding doors or two panel doors. In modern times, these two are now often used interchangeably with little difference in meaning, except one small thing I read that suggested that ドア is used more if you are passing through it, verses 扉 when referring to the entrance itself.

アレキサンダー・チェー

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I am unable to understand the Katakana part on this thing. There is hirigana and english telling you not to eat it, i spelled out the katana and i still don't get it．
～リベラ

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トントン and ノック

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トントン and ノック

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These are lyrics from the song 空想フォレスト (Kuusou Forest) by じん. In the song, I believe that トントン (ton-ton) is used as the sound the door makes when knocked on (ノック)  in the following line. I also think that katakana is used for ノック (nokku) because it is borrowing the word from English.

アレキサンダー・チェー

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A loanword taken from the English "Graphic". In reference to computer graphics and photo editing.  (Also being used to emphasize a character's special move)
ケビン　ガルベズ

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ボン is the onomatopoeia for the sound effect, which is explosion. I believe they probably used the Katakana was to make it feel like it's popping out, like right to your phase kind of thing, so perhaps it was aimed more for emphasis, or sound effects in this scenario.

ポーリン　ガルベズ

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The katakana being used here is an english loan word "original chicken" on the top left corner from the KFC menu. (おいしそうです）
～リベラ

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For this song, さよなら一人 byテミン, I highlighted the verse where the lyrics is in Katakana, ボクはキミ、which stands for I (masculine) and you (would it be more formal/informal way of saying あなた？）So I'm not exactly sure why it was written in katakana instead of hiragana or kanji for the Boku, but to make a solid guess, I'd say since this song is about loneliness and how the singer feels without them, it's to add emphasis about themselves and the person they're speaking about, like making it boldly that they're the main subject of the song.

ポーリン　ガルベズ

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The title of this anime is 僕のヒロアカデミア, which means My Hero Academia in English. I believe they used the Katakana here because it would be a western word like 'Hero' and 'Academia' but written out in Katakana, but now I wonder if it was also used because it would've been easier for children to read? But I would go with my first thought of it being a word from English.

ポーリン　ガルベズ

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ビックリ (Bikkuri) is "Surprised". Is katakana only used for certain adjectives?
- Aidan

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トトロ or Totoro is the name for the "へんないきもの” or the strange being. Since it is not a Japanese name it is written in Kanji. One person online said the origin of the name Totoro might be from a misunderstanding or misreading of the word "troll".

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Katakana is used here for loan words. It reads Bacon Lettuce Burger.

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Dodododododododo is the onomatopoeia for the sound of a heart beat. It's said that nobody hears the sound of King's "engine" and lives. But in reality it's his heart beating so fast because he's a phony and is actually scared to death.

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On Japanese ramen cups, they write cup noodle in katakana. I'm not exactly sure why, as Nissin is a Japanese company and the katakana is only on cups from Japan.
ロバト

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The Japanese cover for Star Wars uses katakana for the name

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The onomatopoeia "ゴ　ゴ　ゴ" is used in the manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as a rumbling sound when something is supposed to be menacing
- ロバト

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in this panel the word "おふろ” is in katakana even though it is a Japanese word, my guess is that it's emphasizing her excitement

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The very pixelated sign reads "ヤキトリ" or yakitori. I feel as though this sign is written in katakana for ease of reading; it is much easier for children and foreigners who do not know many Kanji to recognize what the sign is advertising.

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the title of this manga is written in Both English and katakana even though there is certainly a way to say "one room" in Japanese. this leads me to believe it is a style choice

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In this song, Hula Hoop by LOONA, the katakana カタチ, or "shape" in English is used. It is an interesting choice for the word to be in katakana as "shape" is not typically an important or impactful word. I do not get a sense of emphasis from the word being in katakana. If this were not part of song lyrics, I would enter this into the "わかりません" category.

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While this is a well known word, "Anime", it appears in katakana because it is (a shortened version of) a loan word, "Animation"
ジェイジェザンスタック

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Chindoya are "Walking Advertisements" and their name comes from the Onomatopoeia of the clashing of cymbals (chin) and the banging of drums (don) that they do during their street performances.
ジェイジェザンスタック

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紀ノ国坂 or きのくにざか the "no" is written in Katakana, the explanation I was able to find was that hiragana was not perceived as formal enough in the past so in proper nouns katakana "no" was used instead

リアンホブス

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I'm not quite sure where this would fit into the sections, but I recently found out that the "Soran" part of the Soran Bushi, a famous Japanese sea shanty that is popular and oft performed by young people in Japan (at least to my knowledge), is written it Katakana. I'm torn between whether or not it would belong in the Onomatopoeia section or the emphasis section, as I truly don't know which one fits it better. I tried looking into it and couldn't find anything definite, so I'm putting it in "分かりません” category.
ジェイジェイ　ザンスタック

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チーズバーガートルネード

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チーズバーガートルネード

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The subtitle in this frame says チーズバーガートルネード, or "Cheeseburger Tornado" in English. The first thought would be that it is a loan word from English, but Japanese has its own word for "tornado". I take the katakana as a title of the move that the character is doing to name his attack.
(I also find it interesting how "hataraki nasai" is written in English)

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The English words "Skyward" and "Sword" in Katakana.
ケビン　ガルベズ

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In the song 「ばかみたい」 (Baka mitai) by Takaya Kuroda, the end of the first verse includes the word 「サヨナラ」(sayonara). Writing in Katatana is an odd choice because it is not a loan word or onomatopoeia. It could be written this way for emphasis when reading the lyrics. Another potential reason I can think of is that the singer is remembering something he said in the past, so it could be a way of showing the difference between his past self and present self who is regretful.
ケビン　ガルベズ

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キミガシネ Kimi ga Shine ("Your Turn to Die" in the English translation) is a mystery game. According to the English translator, kimi ga shine means only "You Die" when translated literally, but the fact that it's written in katakana instead of with kanji means that a certain emphasis is being placed on the words.
- Aidan

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カラッと (Karatto) means "Crisp", according to Kakimashou.
- Aidan

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The sound of water, "splash"

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Loan word from English, Test.