Q: Are some words made of both Katakana and Hiragana letters? -   Randy

A:  Hi Randy.  I’m sure there must be some, but they are very, very rare.  The only one I can think of is Doraemon, which is written with a katakana “do ra” and a hiragana “e mo n” i.e. ドラえもん。

Be genki,

Richard

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