Learn Japanese - Hiragana 3

Nihon-shiki romanization (recommended)
watasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita Hepburn romanization
watashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

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

Hiragana	Romanization
や	ya
し	si
しゃ	sya
じ	zi
じゃ	zya
の	no
ま	ma
り	ri
る	ru

Note the しゃ and じゃ in the table above. These are are called digraphs and consist of a combination of two characters. In a digraph the second character is smaller than normal.

じゃ is one mora long and is romanized as zya^nihon-shiki or ja^hepburn, whereas じや is two mora long and is romanized as ziya^nihon-shiki or jiya^hepburn. While reading, be careful to look at the size of the second character to distinguish between these two readings.

Hiragana	a	i	u	e	o
-	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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Hiragana	a	i	u	e	o
-	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

Hiragana	a	i	u	e	o
-	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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Lesson 15: Hiragana 3

Hiragana	a	i	u	e	o
-	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