Hiragana 5

In this lesson you will learn to recognize the hiragana characters in the table below.

HiraganaRomanization
お
o
さ
sa
ざ
za
せ
se
ぜ
ze
ち
chi
ぢ
ji
つ
tsu
づ
zu
ね
ne
も
mo
よ
yo
ん
n

The character ん is the only mora that consists of a single consonant. It is usually pronounced as the n in English. In front of m, p and b sounds, it sounds more like the English m. And finally, in front of a k or g sound, it sounds like the English ng.

Hiraganaaiueo
-あいうえお
kかきくけこ
sさしすせそ
tたちつてと
nなにぬねの
hはひふへほ
mまみむめも
yやゆよ
rらりるれろ
wわを
nん

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