Katakana is usually for foreign words, but there’s a whole class of Japanese-grown rice that has katakana names.
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For the third year in a row, this particular name takes the top spot for all felines, male or female.
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Change is part of first update to Guidelines for Official Writing Composition in 70 years.
This isn’t the first time for this character to be chosen as the representative for the year, and it probably won’t be the last either.
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