Learn Hiragana

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Japanese for All Readthe following Hiragana.

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1 1 *>v' (love) 14

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(pi.ture)

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1 5 *s *: v. ( many)

Write the following Hiragana.

au (meet)

ee (yes)

o i (nephew)

iie (no)

aoi (blue)

v. .i- ( house)

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HOMEWORK

Write the following Hiragana.

a i (love)

2 ie (house)

u e (top)

5

7 iu (say)

9 iie (no)

?u (meet)

8 e e ( yes)

10 aoi(blue)

oi (nephew)

ii (good)

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ki

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ki

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ku

ke

ko

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Japanese for All Read the following Hiragana. l

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f

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2

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(oyster)

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(here)

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3

(be open)

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ko ke (moss)

k o i (carp)

akai (red)

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1 0 W (hair)

11

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(buy;

1 3 v. Li (pond)

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(voice)

Write the following H iragana.

ku ki (stern)

5

f. ( (write)

(staition)

kako (past)

tI

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HOMEWORK

Writc the following Hiragana.

?U (meet)

oi (nephew)

ue (top)

ka k i (oyster)

kiku (hear)

koke (moss)

iku (go)

10 kau (buy)

13 e k i ( s t a t i o n )

8 ike (pond)

11 o k u ( p u t )

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akai (red)

15 ookii (big)

10

aki (autumn)

12 kao (face)

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shi

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SE

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2

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T2

6 -lf (sweat)

15

.fjv. L v. (aeticious)

1 0 L *i (salt) (abir)

13 f:L

Write the following Hiragana. 1

5 v.f

b l,- (leg,foot)

, ' 3 ( u m b r e l la ) [t 5 (this morning)

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asa (morning)

ishi (stone)

suki (like)

seki (seat)

soko (there)

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(chair)

-f l,- ( sushi)

7 4 t i. V. (*orld)

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HOMEWORK

Write the following Hiragana.

isu (chair)

2 kasa (umbrella)

f ot) 3 ashi (leg,o

eine) 4 s a k e ( J a p a n e sw

5 usui (thin)

6 sekai (world)

7 sukoshi (a bit)

8 osoi(slow)

9 okashi (sweet)

1 0 a s o k o ( o v e rt h e r e )

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ta

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tsu

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to

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tfl

ft

chi

tsu

te

Io

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Japanese for All Readthe following Hiragana.

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t,

10 < t

(outside)

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(t ot;

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* i L L v . ( t r t ed a y b e f o r ey e s t e r d a y )

Write the following Hiragana.

uta (song)

kuchi (mouth)

it s u (when)

otoko (man)

c h i k a t e t s u( u n d er g r o u n d )

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( <> (shoes)

) tt (house)

(under)

(seven)

5

2

( north)

(and)

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HOMEWORK

Write the following Hiragana.

shita (under)

takai

ichi (one)

?to ( after )

tsukue (desk)

( e x p e n s i v e h, i g h )

ikutsu (howmany)

chikai (near)

k o t o s h i ( t t r i sy e a r )

soshite (and)

10 itsuka (sth)

11 ashita (tomorrow)

12 ch iisai (small)

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fle

flo

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Japanese for All Readthe following Hiragana.

1 rs

2

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le:s (summer) b tJ (older sister)

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(stomach)

ta

5

[: L (west)

1o rso rt' (zth) 13 i'r:

(cat)

t:o) L v. (en;oyable)

Write the following Hiragana.

kuni (country)

i nu ( d o g )

okane (money)

kitanai (dirty)

otoko no ko (bov)

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* n (silk) 11

l: ( (meat)

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t rs (sand)

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HOMEWORK Write the following Hiragana.

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naka (inside)

2 ant (olderbrother) 3 netsu (fever)

4 kono (this)

5 senaka (back)

6 otona (adult)

7 kanai (wife)

8 okan€ (money)

9 sakana (fish)

1 0 i c h i n i c h i ( o n ed a y )

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he

ho

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Japanese for All Read the following Hir agana.

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1 0 i* L v. (want )

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0*v. ( yer)

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-\V\ (fense)

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[* L (star)

Write the following Hiragana.

hako (box)

hito (people)

f utoi (ttrict<)

h e i s hi ( s o l d i e r )

hosoi (thin)

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l* /* (flower)

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HOMEWORK Write the following Hiragana.

t hashi

fune (ship)

3 hoka ( other )

, ee) hachi (eightb

hata (flag)

hone (bone)

hito (people)

f u ku (clothes)

h e t a ( p o o ra t )

( b r i d g e ,c h o p s t i c k )

1 0 s o f u ( g r a n df a t h e r )

1 t h a t a c h i ( 2 0 y e a r so l d )

12 fukai (deep)

i 3 h a n a s h i( t a t t )

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Japanese for All Read the following Hiragana.

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/r * .i- (name)

7 2 -tl * V. (narrow)

10 0>/J-60 (driuk) 13 v.r6

:t i> /: v' ( cold)

Write the following Hiragana.

hima

(free)

michi (road)

ame (rain)

muika (6th)

nimotsu (baggage)

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(always)

6 F {; v. (cold)

^ta h (south)

tr f D (daughter)

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tr f :

(son)

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HOMEWORK Write the following Hiragana.

machi (town)

2 kami (paper)

3 nomu (drink)

4 mise (shop)

5 kumo (cloud)

6 ima (now)

7 mae (before)

8 im i (meaning)

9 mata (again)

10 kaimono (shopping)

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ya

yu

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yo

Cl'.

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ya

yu

w

yo

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Japanese for All Read the following Hiragana.

s ^"f

T

[9 (room)

+ * (mountain)

t@f'

(floor)

W e> (dream)

Write the following Hiragana.

hanaya (florist)

yuki (snow)

tsuyoi (strong)

yaoya (srocery)

fuyu (winter)

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f fu (read) I a (beside)

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HOMEWORK

Write the following Hiragana.

1 iya (no,hate)

2 yume ( dr eam)

3 yomu (read)

4 yama (mountain)

5 yoku ( often)

6 fuyu ( winter)

7 tsuyoi (strong)

8 hayai (fast, early)

9 yasui(cheap)

10 yonaka (midnieht)

11 yasashii (easy)

1 2 n a t s u y a s u m i ( s u m m e vr a c a t i o n )

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Japanese for All Read the following Hiragana.

1

b

2

v

3

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12

L r s 0 ( n e x tt o )

1b

*j 6 I_ Z>V, (interesting)

5

fL

< t A (medicine)

? b (skv) e>fL (that)

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b

X b (night)

1 0 # J.'6 (bath)

11

e>et a (wash)

1 3 t I .b ( s p r i n g )

14

J fu (this)

Write the following Hiragana.

sara (plate)

tori (bird)

h i r u( n o o n )

rekishi (history)

hiroi (*pacious)

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HOMEWORK

Write the following Hiragana.

1 ikura (how rnuch)

2 am ar i ( not ver y)

kuruma (car)

4 kirei(beautiful)

5 shiroi (white)

(; ireru (putin)

7 sochira (that way)

8 furui(old)

atarashii (new)

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b

L

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Japanese for All

wa

o

b

n

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Japanese for All Read the following Hiragana.

t)

t

tu

t> b v, (bad)

( l" 3 (weather)

It: b

Uc 6 /- (question)

t v. Urt'A, (embassy)

*>rt'Vt(young)

Write the following Hiragana.

kawa (river)

hon (book)

w a t a s h i (I )

taihen (very)

minasan (everybody)

41,

(garden)

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HOMEWORK Write the following Hiragana.

nlwa

(garden)

2 hon (book)

3 kawa (river)

4 wakai(young)

5 tenki (weather)

6 w a t a s h i( I )

7 nihon (Japan)

8 kawaii(cute)

9 sentaku (laundry)

10 okusan (wife)

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ga

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g1

3

gu

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ge

go

LJ )>rr

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l1

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ZU

ZE

ZO

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da

/j*--

J1

D

ZU

5

de

T.

do

L.

ba

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bu

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be

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bo

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pa

tf

pi

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pu

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pe

.d.

po

Ir

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Japanese for All Readthe following Hiragana. 1

&tfr tr (glasses)

Z

f.5

(kev)

3

f C (soon)

4

a /-trI<> (this month)

5

a i* ,L (meal)

6

l* v. i- B (ashtray)

7

Vf i ' A, ( t i me )

8

6 f

9

f.€

10

,.?(

(family)

13

* Ll (window)

16

€l"Jl

19

5,fif-,>(blond)

22

5Ltf

(all)

(nap)

(cold, wind)

1 1 z 1 ' b f i ( b o d y)

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(.1"3

| 4 t tf' (near)

15

,. Ll.'/',,(vase)

(electricity)

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'\/.., D (convenient)18 *j if A, (tray)

2A

i-l-f.tr:t (pencil) Zt

(walk)

Write the followingHiragana. t

ongaku (music)

2

shizukana (quiet)

3

tomodachi (friend)

a

shinbun (newspaper)

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HOMEWORK

Write the following Hiragana.

1 mizu (water)

2 tsugi (next)

3 dore (which)

4 tegami (letter)

5 denwa ( telephone)

6 gozen (A.M.)

7 genki (fine)

8 kaban (bag)

9 abunai (dangerous)

10 nigiyaka (livelY)

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3 = ( 1

V--? A

bd-

(stamp)

/t-'-> fi' (3rd)

(diary)

*--f

C (straight)

((the day after tomorrow)

Write the following Hiragana.

kippu (stamp)

zasshi(mazagine)

sekken (soap)

y u k k ur i ( s l o w l y )

kissaten (coffee shop)

'Onn? (woman)

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tr r r

(six)

6: L (more)

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Readthe following Hiragana.

hfi'*> 51" (mothcr)

*jt:v.5,f

(brother)

vQ) zl:f: (evening)

*;*ti6/"

(sister)

*i ii S v\ (bis)

Write the following Hiragana.

o b a a s a n( g r a n d m o t h e r )

o Ji l sa n

(grandfather)

y u u b i n( m a i l )

t o o i ( fa r )

yuube (lastnight)

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Japanese for All Read the following Hiragana.

i v'a (English)

vga e>V. /r (famous)

5A,a i

(bank)

v'6iL

(youngersister)

'ttrttVr

(teacher)

*r < tVr

( student)

Write the following Hiragana.

eega (film)

kooen (park)

OtoOtO (youngerbrother)

yoofuku (clothes)

dooshite (whv)

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HOMEWORK

Write the follwing Hiragana.

2 mukoo (beyond)

1 t o k e e (w a tch )

4 kinoo (yesterday)

doozo (please)

5 sooji

6 booshi (hat)

(cleaning)

8 doomo (thank you)

7 seeto (pupil)

9 gakkoo (school)

10 kayoobi (Tuesday)

5t

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kya

klrr kyo

3 3 3

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sho

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cha

+

chu

+ v9 c

cho

+

sha shu

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nya

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flyu

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nyo

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hya

Ll. f

hy"u

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hyo

Ll.

mya

h +

fnyu

h v9

myo

h- I

rya

rru ryo

gya

gru gyo

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ja

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Ju

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jo

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ja

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lu

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bya

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byo

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pya

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pru

rf

pyo

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v9

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Japanese for AU

R e a dt h e f o l l o w i n gH i r a g a n a . (guest) 1 ti*+(

2

3 oei i' ( holiday)

g

3ri

4

DT/-l-r

5

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(practise)

6

Drjf

7

t t : l , lf u t > r

(g re e nte a )

8

t, W ) t7r (gaution)

9

t' x ) L' (iust)

(today)

(bicYcle) (goodat)

10

Cl'+ (

(hundred)

(trip)

11

vlwirr(rtvr(fsreignstudent)

12

v )r ' i

13

Sueii:l9i

(milk)

14

/: 'L D r i CI-(birthdav)

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C Nf ) v . / . , , ( h o s p i t a l )

Write the following Hiragana(PhotograPh)

1

shashin

2

c h ai r o ( b r o w n )

3

ryokan (inn)

a

shukudai (homework)

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HOMEWORK

Write the following Hiragana.

l

jisho

(dictionary)

2 densha (train)

3 kyonbn (lastyear)

4 shujin

5 ryoori (food)

6 koocha (tea)

8 byooki (sick)

9 kaisha (company)

t 0 benkyoo (study)

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(husband)

Japanese for AII Readthe following sentences.

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f X i I f/ - 5 - e f i ' "

v ' '3 * l ' / : "

l

W r i t c t h e f o l l o w i n g s e n t e n c e si n H i r a g a n a '

1 lma nanji desu ka.

?. Kore o misete kudasai.

3

W a t a s h iw a a s h i t a N i h o n n i i k i m a s u -

4

Tookyoo de tomodachi to eega o mimasu.

5

Anata wa doko e ikimasu ka.

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HOW TO WRITE HIRAGANA l. [n Japanese,thereare threewriting systems: Hiragana,Katakanaand Kanji. Hiraganaand Katakanaare phoneticand the samesymbol always indicatesthe same sound. 2. One hiraganarepresentsone syllable and there are five different types in syllables. a. Five basicvowels:[al,[i],[u],[e],[o] b. Consonantor semivowel+ vowel: [nal,[ki],[yu],etc. c. Syllabicconsonant:[n] / fml d. Any consonantotherthan [n] / [m] when followed by anotheridentical consonant:e.g. zasshi,kissaten,etc. e. A contracted syllable:Ikil + [ya]=[kya],lchil+ [ya]=[cha],etc. 3. The stroke orders are usually from left to right and top to bottom. 1. There are threeways to finish a stroke. Tome or 'stop' meansthat the pen has to make a completestop and should be lifted it off the paperat the end of the stroke. Hane or 'jump' meansthat you leave a jump mark before

the end of the stroke.

Lastly,with harai or sweeping',]ou finish the strokeby lifting the pen up gradually. 5. There are46 basicsymbolsin Hiragana. In addition, there are Dakuon, (See16, 17, & 18). HandakuonandYoon 6. The first five of theseare vowels,[al, [i], [u], [e], [ol. 7. The secondfive are thesevowels plus the consonantft. 8. The third are the vowelsplus the consonats. Slti is usedfor si becausethe lattersounddoesn'texist. 9. The fourth, the vowels plus the consonant/.. Chi and tsu replaceti and tu.

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10. The fifth, the vowels plus the consonantn' 11. The sixth, the vowelsplus the consonanth" Fu for hu 12. The seventh,the vowels Plusm. 13. The eighth,the vowelsPlus-Y. Yi andYe don't exist. 14. The ninth, the vowels Plusr 'r' can be regardedas the soundbetween[rl and [ll in The pronounciationof English. 15. The vowel Plusw wi,wtt andwe don t exist in modernJapanese' o tftl is usedonlY as a Particle16. Dakuon There are three kinds of dakuon. Three consonantsused for them are lg'zd]17. Handakuonis [Pa,Pi, Pu,Pe,Po]. 18. Yoon There are three kinds of Yoon. 1. K, N, H, M, R + Y + A,IJ,O *-t E , e .K + Y + O = K Y O

2 . S ,C + H + A , U , O Eg. C:lf+ YA - CHA 3. J +A, [J, O Eg.JA D+

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How to write words 19. Double Vowel [ol + [o] When doubleo's occur,the second[o] syllable is written with an [u] in most cases.lel + lel -+ [e] + [i] 20. Double Consonants Everytime two consonantstake place in a row, the first one is always written with a half-sized[tsul. Nippon [:: [f rL The double consonant[n] is not to be treatedas above. The first [n] is written

wiitrfu.

How to write sentences Don't confusethe particles[wa,o,e]with ordinary [wa,o,e].

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