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Random Katakana Tips
  1. Pay attention to standard ending, they can spin you unnecessarily.  See "ation" "ion" "ing" "ist" "st"
  2. Ri can be Li or Ri but more likely " Li" see below
  3. Ru ending are most like "L" with no u sound.
  Katakana Translation

 

_____ クション

_____ tion.

action

recreation

 

_____  ション

_____ ion.

 

 

_____ イング

_____ ing.

cycling

swinging

running

 

_____ ニス

_____ ist.

pianist

communist

columnist

revisionist

humanist

 

______ ス

_____ st.

rest

cost

test

nest

last

east

 

ー___

Li_____

legal

league

region

leak

lease

leadership

lead-off man

reasonable

  びー ____

Bi____

beach

beef

beer

beagle

beast

beans

beam

  _____ ル _____ Ru

full

kill

cool

call

girl

     

 

 
 
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