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Hiragana 平仮名: あ - A か - Ka さ - Sa た - Ta な - Na は - Ha ま - Ma や - Ya ら - Ra わ - Wa ん - N

Hiragana is the main syllabary used to write native Japanese words. It consists of 46 basic characters called kana that each represent a syllable. Dakuten and handakuten are diacritic marks that modify the pronunciation of certain kana by voicing the consonant. The document provides examples of kana with and without these diacritic marks and recommends practicing writing kana and example words to aid memorization.

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Hiragana 平仮名: あ - A か - Ka さ - Sa た - Ta な - Na は - Ha ま - Ma や - Ya ら - Ra わ - Wa ん - N

Hiragana is the main syllabary used to write native Japanese words. It consists of 46 basic characters called kana that each represent a syllable. Dakuten and handakuten are diacritic marks that modify the pronunciation of certain kana by voicing the consonant. The document provides examples of kana with and without these diacritic marks and recommends practicing writing kana and example words to aid memorization.

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Hiragana 平仮名

ひら が な

The main syllabary for the Japanese language used to represent native
Japanese words, including particles, and when Kanji is used, to represent
verb and adjective endings.

あ-A
か - KA
さ - SA
た - TA
な - NA
は - HA
ま - MA
や - YA
ら - RA
わ - WA
ん-N
い-I
き - KI
し - SHI
ち - CHI
に - NI
ひ - HI
み - MI
り - RI
う-U
く - KU
す - SU
つ - TSU
ぬ - NU
ふ - HU/ FU
む - MU
ゆ - YU
る - RU
え-E
け - KE
せ - SE
て - TE
ね - NE
へ - HE
め - ME
れ - RE
お-O
こ - KO
そ - SO
と - TO
の - NO
ほ - HO
も - MO
よ - YO
ろ - RO
を - WO
Dakuten ( ﾞ ) and Handakuten ( ﾟ )
are marks placed after certain
Hiragana that modify the way the
consonant is pronounced. These
marks indicate that the consonant of
the syllable should be voiced.
For example:

は - HA ば - BA ぱ - PA

ふ - HU/ FU ぶ - BU ぷ - PU

へ - HE べ - BE ぺ - PE

Dakuten and Handakuten does not


work for every Hiragana letter
though! (only fully works for HA, HI,
HU/ FU, HE, and HO)
For example:

た - TA
だ - DA
No Handakuten ( ﾟ )

そ - SO
ぞ - ZO
No Handakuten ( ﾟ )

す - SU
ず - ZU
No Handakuten ( ﾟ )

し - SHI
じ - JI
No Handakuten ( ﾟ )
き - KI
ぎ - GI
No Handakuten ( ﾟ )

せ - SE
ぜ - ZE
No Handakuten ( ﾟ )

ち - CHI
ぢ - JI
No Handakuten ( ﾟ )

て - TE
で - DE
No Handakuten ( ﾟ )

つ - TSU
づ - ZU
No Handakuten ( ﾟ )
Practise

I recommend writing down both the Hiragana, and these practise words
down on a piece of paper and reviewing them everyday because it can
really help memorizing! Check out this dictionary!: Jisho.org: Japanese
Dictionary

おはようございます
(o-ha-yo-u-go-za-i-ma-su)
meaning: good morning

Video with pronunciation:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcmkC26Ntzw

- 2 Dakuten! (ご and ざ)

こんにちは
(ko-n-ni-chi-wa)
meaning: hello

Video with pronunciation:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ok9r2S8Zzc

Particles come at the end of a word (maybe "after" rather than "at", but they
are attached to the end). So the は particle became pronounced as "wa"
instead of "ha".
つなみ
(tsu-na-mi)
meaning: tsunami

Video with pronunciation:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjCbYYPVl4M

どうぞ
(do-u-zo)
meaning: please (formal/informal)

Video with pronunciation:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAvD5GTOChc

- 2 Dakuten! (ど and ぞ)

かんぱい
(ka-n-pa-i)
meaning: drinking toast

Video with pronunciation:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IJ8snctGcI

- 1 Handakuten! (ぱ)

すみません
(su-mi-ma-sen)
meaning: excuse me (apology)

Video with pronunciation:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_vAG6meFU8

Helpful Stuff :)
Hiragana Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qk4gCZuSjk
(feel free to skip to 0:55)

Reading and Writing Hiragana:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD3FJgij79c

Pronunciation of Hiragana:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-3opZIjwr0

Please contact me by Gmail ([email protected]) for help or


suggestions. I hope this was helpful!

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