Thread:Nyocchi/@comment-5209329-20150519070210/@comment-26336020-20150524133220

katakana isn't that useful, however like a lot of languages there's a lot of english loan words that they use pretty frequently. however if you just go to japan and are reading signs, menus or simple things katakana might be more useful, but they spell foreign words really weird.

it is helpful to get used to how they pronounce things, but it sure is annoying to remember how to type them out properly like コーヒー for coffee or like チケット for ticket. besides remembering the funky spelling you gotta place all the ー and ッ in the right places, which are only used for changing the sound of the previous kana.

on a side note, just yesterday in class i was told that in most situations they use the word チケット for something like かぶきのチケット instead of the word かぶきの切符 (kippu) that you'll find easily in beginner textbooks.

(*Generally チケットis used for flight tickets, きっぷ is used for train tickets.)  i found this in some forum, so i'm thoroughly confused now too.