How to say 'Alphabet' in Japanese | アルファベット

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The Japanese word for Alphabet is 'Arufabetto', written as アルファベット in Japanese.

word

アルファベット

Meaning

Alphabet

Reading

Arufabetto

Explanation

The Japanese noun 'アルファベット (arufabetto)' refers to the 'alphabet', specifically the Latin alphabet used in English and many other languages. It is a loanword from the English 'alphabet' and is commonly used in contexts related to language learning, writing systems, or when referring to the Romanized form of Japanese (romaji). For example: I am learning the alphabet「アルファベットを勉強しています」(あるふぁべっとをべんきょうしています). The word 'alphabet' is written in アルファベット (arufabetto)「その単語はアルファベットで書かれています」(そのたんごはあるふぁべっとでかかれています). Note that this term is distinct from the Japanese writing systems (hiragana, katakana, kanji) and is used exclusively for the Latin script.

Part Of Speech

noun

Frequency

4130

Composition

katakana

Handwriting

Katakana in the Word アルファベット

This word contains 7 Katakana characters :

katakana

ア

Reading

katakana

ル

Reading

katakana

ファ

Reading

katakana

フ

Reading

katakana

ベ

Reading

katakana

ト

Reading

katakana

ツ

Reading

Tsu

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