How to write Benjamin in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Benjamin becomes ベンジャミン, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ベ | be | |
| ン | n | n on its own |
| ジャ | ja | two characters read as one sound |
| ミ | mi | |
| ン | n | n on its own |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ベンジャミン・スミス for Benjamin Smith.