an explaination of japanese symbols for beginners

hiragana is the primary native japanese symbols alphabet. Every native japanese word can be written in hiragana japanese symbols. The use of kanji japanese symbols shortens the text, but it is a little harder to learn.

katakana japanese symbols are used for describing 'sounds like' words, and foreign words. For example, many new words in the world, such as the word 'taxi' are written in katakana japanese symbols.... as it sounds, like 'takashi'