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Japanese Lesson 1: Let's Start Learning With Hiragana |
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Hiragana ひらがな Hiragana, katakana and kanji are all Japanese alphabets/characters that can be combined and form a word.
One example of combination of hiragana to form a Japanese word is HELLO -> ko-n-ni-chi-wa (こ-ん-に-ち-わ). Another example is a combination of kanji and hiragana to form a Japanese word is EAT -> ta-be-ma-su (食-べ-ま-す). Hiragana can be used as a reading aid(furigana) or the pronunciation of kanji and is normally in small font above or below the kanji word(s). *Kanji is chinese characters which is read differently in the Japanese and Chinese languages. Okay! So much for the introduction on hiragana. Let's start learning each and every Japanese hiragana alphabets/characters!
| | a | i | u | e | o | Sound Clip | | あ | い | う | え | お | | | k | か (ka)
| き (ki)
| く (ku)
| け (ke)
| こ (ko)
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| | s | さ (sa)
| し (shi)
| す (su) | せ (se)
| そ (so)
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| | t | た (ta)
| ち (chi)
| つ (tsu)
| て (te)
| と (to)
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| | n | な (na)
| に (ni)
| ぬ (nu)
| ね (ne)
| の (no)
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| | h | は (ha)
| ひ (hi)
| ふ (fu)
| へ (he / e) | ほ (ho)
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| | m | ま (ma) | み (mi)
| む (mu)
| め (me)
| も (mo)
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| | y | や (ya)
| ------- | ゆ (yu)
| ------- | よ (yo)
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| | r | ら (ra)
| り (ri)
| る (ru)
| れ (re)
| ろ (ro)
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| | w | わ (wa)
| ------- | ------- | -------
| を (o)
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| | a | i | u | e | o | Sound Clip | | g | が (ga)
| ぎ (gi)
| ぐ (gu)
| げ (ge)
| ご (go)
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| | z | ざ (za)
| じ (ji)
| ず (zu)
| ぜ (ze)
| ぞ (zo)
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| | d | だ (da)
| ぢ (di)
| づ (du)
| で (de)
| ど (do)
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| | b | ば (ba)
| び (bi)
| ぶ (bu)
| べ (be)
| ぼ (bo)
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| | p | ぱ (pa)
| ぴ (pi)
| ぷ (pu)
| ぺ (pe)
| ぽ (po)
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| | a | u | o | Sound Clip
| | ky | きゃ (kya)
| きゅ (kyu) | きょ (kyo)
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| | sh | しゃ (sha)
| しゅ (shu)
| しょ (sho)
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| | ch | ちゃ (cha)
| ちゅ (chu)
| ちょ (cho)
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| | ny | にゃ (nya)
| にゅ (nyu)
| にょ (nyo)
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| | hy | ひゃ (hya)
| ひゅ (hyu)
| ひょ (hyo)
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| | my | みゃ (mya)
| みゅ (myu)
| みょ (myo)
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| | ry | りゃ (rya)
| りゅ (ryu)
| りょ (ryo)
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| | a | u | o | Sound Clip | | gy | ぎゃ (gya)
| ぎゅ (gyu)
| ぎょ (gyo)
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| | j | じゃ (ja)
| じゅ (ju)
| じょ (jo)
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| | j | ぢゃ (ja)
| ぢゅ (ju)
| ぢょ (jo)
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| | by | びゃ (bya)
| びゅ (byu)
| びょ (byo)
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| | py | ぴゃ (pya)
| ぴゅ (pyu)
| ぴょ (pyo)
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If you are wondering if you need to learn all these by heart, the answer is YES you need to! These Hiragana are needed in the upcoming Japanese lessons.
But of course, you may learn Hiragana along the with other Japanese lessons. 
Same goes to Katakana~
PS: I have a hard time learning these Japanese Hiragana... 
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