↑تكتب مثلا خليج فارسى (ペルシャ湾) او خليج عربى (アラビア湾), الكانجى تكتب خليج 湾, وكاتاكانا تكتب دى アラビア,
↑Roy Andrew Miller (1966) A Japanese Reader: Graded Lessons in the Modern Language, Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Tokyo, Japan, p. 28, Lesson 7 : Katakana : a—no. "Side by side with hiragana, modern Japanese writing makes use of another complete set of similar symbols called the katakana."