SYMBOLS AND EXAMPLES		Katakana Lesson 3, Page 082: U
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Katakana symbol: Romanized syllable: Calligraphy: u Examples: ソウル ウルグアイ サウスダコタ サウジアラビア ホワイトハウス ウエスト ウエストポイント ウエストバージニア ウエーター ウエートレス ウエー ワンウエー ゴーイングマイウエー ウーマンリブ souru uruguai sausudakota sauziarabia howaitohausu uesuto uesutopointo uesutobaazinia ueetaa ueetoresu uee wanuee gooingumaiuee uumanribu 'Seoul' 'Uruguay' 'South Dakota' 'Saudia Arabia' 'White House' 'west' 'West Point' 'West Virginia' 'waiter' 'waitress' 'way' 'one way' 'going my way' 'woman lib' (i.e., 'women's lib')
"...one-fourth of all the characters used in modern Japanese occur in three-fourths of all the most frequently occurring words. This means that by concentrating on learning approximately 500 select characters, the student is assured of being able to read 75% of all the high-frequency words he will encounter in modern literature." - The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power.

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