Japanese 31 - Hiragana 5

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

HiraganaRomanization
o
sa
za
se
ze
chi
ji
tsu
zu
ne
mo
yo
n

The character 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
-
k
s
t
n
h
m
y
r
w
n

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