katakana for plant and animal names

vocabulary

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Japanese flora and fauna names (動植物名) are commonly written in katakana — ネコ (cat), イヌ (dog), ウサギ (rabbit), クマ (bear), バラ (rose), サクラ (cherry), リンゴ (apple), ニンジン (carrot) — even when established hiragana or kanji forms exist. A convention adopted from biology and natural-history writing that has spread to general use, aiding quick recognition and matching scientific notation.

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