Japanese
Lesson 31: Hiragana 5
In this lesson you will learn to recognize the hiragana characters in the table below.
Hiragana | Romanization |
---|---|
お | o |
さ | sa |
ざ | za |
せ | se |
ぜ | ze |
ち | ti |
ぢ | di |
つ | tu |
づ | du |
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.
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 |