On second thought, I didn't stop to think about the previous connotations of the word. At my school (in England) we didn't learn much about the part of the war concerning America and Japan. The only t ...
I also decided to learn katakana before hiragana and I found it heloful because:
1) The shapes are easier than hiragana.
2) Most of the words that are written in katakana are really english words an ...