Learn Japanese 101

Hiragana

Hiragana is the most basic characters we use in Japanese. It is also the cutest character I love using almost all the time. Especially in banners or letters because it is easily memorized and read.

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あ - a (uh)
い - i (ee)
う - u (ooh)
え - e (eh)
お - o (oh)

か - ka (kah)
き - ki (key)
く - ku (koo)
け - ke (keh)
こ - ko (koh)

さ - sa (suh)
し - shi (she)
す - su (sew)
せ - se (seh)
そ - so (soh)

た - ta (tuh)
ち - chi (chee)
つ - tsu (tsew)
て - te (teh)
と - to (toh) 

な - na (nah)
に - ni (knee)
ぬ - nu (noo)
ね - ne (neh)
の - no (noh)

は - ha (hah)
ひ - hi (he)
ふ - fu (foo)
へ - he (heh)
ほ - ho (hoh)

ま - ma (mah)
み - mi (me)
む - mu (moo)
め - me (meh)
も - mo (moh)

や - ya (yah)

ゆ - yu (you)

よ - yo (yoh)

ら - ra (rah)
り - ri (ree)
る - ru (roo)
れ - re (reh)
ろ - ro (roh)

わ - wa (wah)

を - wo (woh/oh)

ん - n

が - ga (gah)
ぎ - gi (geeh)
ぐ - gu (goo)
げ - ge (geh)
ご - go (goh)

ざ - za (zah)
じ - zi (zee)
ず - zu (zoo)
ぜ - ze (zeh)
ぞ - zo (zoh)

だ - da (duh)
ぢ - di (dee)
づ - du (doo)
で - de (deh)
ど - do (doh)

ば - ba (bah)
び - bi (bee)
ぶ - bu (boo)
べ - be (beh)
ぼ - bo (boh)

ぱ - pa (pah)
ぴ - pi (pee)
ぷ - pu (poo)
ぺ - pe (peh)
ぽ - po (poh)

じゃ - ja (jah)
じ - ji (gee)
じゅ - ju (joo)
じぇ - je (jeh)
じょ - jo (joh)

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You probably noticed that "Ji" and "Zi" have the same characters which is "じ". Well, there is another way of writing "Ji". It's like writing "じ" but add a little "I" (い) beside it. It will become like "じぃ" instead.