Katakana Words

• ライト raito (light)
• ペン  pen  (pen)
• デスク  desuku  (desk)
• ホテル  hoteru  (hotel)
• マクドナルド   makudonarudo  (McDonald’s)
• ズボン  zubon (trouser, pants) – French “jupon”
• パン  pan (bread) – Spanish  “pan”
• ピエロ  piero (clown) – French “pierror”
• アルバイト  arubaito (part-time job) – German “arbeit” =job
• ノルマ  noruma (quota) – Russian “norm”

These are some of the words I found different language descents. Katakana became a way to incorporate words from different cultures and languages into Japanese