[ChiAmaterasuNeko]

Originally Posted by jesselt

No.


English isn't the only language that the Japanese imported; Katakana is used for a variety of foreign words from many different languages.

I was actually wondering about that as I posted. Thanks for clearing it up. ^^ Out of curiosity, what would an example be of a Japanese word imported from another language? My vocabulary isn't very big yet, and I don't know if I've ever come across a word imported from a language besides English.
(of course, the kanji were taken from China, but that is different.)