Katakana

/a/ - ア (underground) /i/ - イ (i) /u/ - ウ (cyrillic u - у) /e/ - エ (i have an extra bone) /o/ - オ

/ka/ - カ (similar to か) [ガ] /ki/ - キ (key, similar to き) [ギ] /ku/ - ク [グ] /ke/ - ケ [ゲ] (it's a crooked "K") /ko/ - コ [ゴ] (I have a cold)

/sa/ - サ [ザ] (Let socks dry) /si (shi)/ - シ [ジ] (she has a crooked smile) /su/ - ス [ズ] (my kid has a swing set) /se/ - セ (similar to せ, серп і молот) [ゼ] /so/ - ソ [ゾ] (a soy bean jumped out!)

/ta/ - タ [ダ] (titanic is sinking) /ti/ (/chi/) - チ [ヂ] /tu/ (/tsu/) - ツ [ヅ] (i have three peanuts) /te/ - テ [デ] (a cat's tail) /to/ - ト (tomahawk) [ド]

/na/ - ナ /ni/ - ニ /nu/ - ヌ (look at my new dress) /ne/ - ネ (balancing is never easy) /no/ - ノ (he has a long nose)

/ha/ - ハ [バ, パ] (ha, ha, ha!) /hi/ - ヒ [ビ, ピ] (this is my heel) /hu/ (/fu/) - フ [ブ, プ] (a hook on a wall) /he/ - へ (same as in hiragana, a haystack) [ベ, ペ] /ho/ - ホ [ボ, ポ] (I'm holding a holy cross)

/ma/ - マ /mi/ - ミ /mu/ - ム (moo-moo move!) /me/ - メ (I mended my pants) /mo/ - モ (similar to も: the more worms, the more fish)

/ya/ - ヤ (yacht) /yu/ - ユ (a U-boa) /yo/ - ヨ (Ё, I can yoga!)

/ra/ - ラ (рама велосипеда) /ri/ - リ (similar to り) /ru/ - ル /re/ - レ (let's go) /ro/ - ロ

/wa/ - ワ (a wine glass) /wo/ (/o/) - ヲ (wow! He's happy!) /nn/ - ン

Digraphs and diacritics

k -> g: カ /ka/ -> ガ /ga/ s -> z: サ /sa/ -> ザ /za/ (except ジ /ji/) t -> d: タ /ta/ -> ダ /da/ h -> b: ハ /ha/ -> バ /ba/ h -> p: ハ /ha/ -> パ /pa/

u -> vu: ウ /u/ -> ヴ /vu/

?ャ ads /ja/ or /a/: キ /ki/ -> キャ /kya/ ?ュ ads /yu/ or /u/: キ /ki/ -> キュ /kyu/ ?ョ ads /yo/ or /o/: キ /ki/ -> キョ /kyo/

Links

Katakana on Wikipedia Mnemonic katakana