Katakana Analysis

Hello everymeow!

This post is about katakana usage in Japan. Like in the above linked video, katakana is occasionally used in Japanese to express various things.

My katakana findings are listed here.

In my search for katakana phrases, I've examined various Japanese media and came to the conclusion that katakana are used primarily for these purposes:
- Sound Effects, onomatopoeia
- Foreign words or phrases
- Names
- Emphasis

However, I've found that katakana is not very commonly used in Japanese, and understandably so. Japanese media will be about Japanese content and thus not contain many foreign words will appear, and names are typically written with Kanji or hiragana.