Chapter 1 : Kind of words in Japanese and Hiragana

In the first time, we should learn about words in Japanese and how to read it.
There are 4 kind of words in Japanese

  1. Hiragana
    Used to write original Japanese words, and can be used to subtitute Kanji.
  1. Katakana
    Used to write named and words that have been borrowed from other language .
  1. Kanji
    Kanji is the most common used in Japan. Kanji are taken from Chinese words.
  1. Romaji
    Romaji is a latin.

There are 5 vowels in the Japanese language.

(a), pronounced “awful”,
(i), pronounced like “ill” in “ill”,
(u), pronounced like “oo” in “soon”,
(e), pronounced like “e” in “end”, and
(o), pronounced “ohh”.

All Hiragana characters end with one of these vowels, with the exception of (n).

Exceptions:

Some words when used as particle, will be pronounced different. Such as :
1. (ha) is pronounced “wa” when it used as a particle to explain subject.
2. (he) is pronounced “e” when it used as a particle follows a place or direction.
3. (wo) is pronounced “o” when it used as a particle follows an object.

So, these are Hiragana

Chapter 1 : Hiragana


a


i


u


e


o


ka


ki


ku


ke


ko


sa


shi


su


se


so


ta


chi


tsu


te


to


na


ni


nu


ne


no


ha


hi


fu


he


ho


ma


mi


mu


me


mo


ya


yu


yo


ra


ri


ru


re


ro


wa


wo


n

 


ga


gi


gu


ge


go


za


ji


zu


ze


zo


da


ji


zu


de


do


ba


bi


bu


be


bo


pa


pi


pu


pe


po

 

きゃ
kya

きゅ
kyu

きょ
kyo

ぎゃ
gya

ぎゅ
gyu

ぎょ
gyo

しゃ
sha

しゅ
shu

しょ
sho

じゃ
ja

じゅ
ju

じょ
jo

ちゃ
cha

ちゅ
chu

ちょ
cho

にゃ
nya

にゅ
nyu

にょ
nyo

ひゃ
hya

ひゅ
hyu

ひょ
hyo

びゃ
bya

びゅ
byu

びょ
byo

ぴゃ
pya

ぴゅ
pyu

ぴょ
pyo

みゃ
mya

みゅ
myu

みょ
myo

りゃ
rya

りゅ
ryu

りょ
ryo

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