Pronunciation: ‘ん’ is romanized ‘n’, pronounced ‘n’ as in ‘man’. Words with ‘ん’: ‘ ん’ in the middle:   信じる/し ん じる ( shi n jiru  - to beli...

Pronunciation: ‘を’ is romanized ‘wo’, pronounced ‘wo’ as in ‘won’. It is transliterated variably as <o> or <wo>, with the forme...

Pronunciation: ‘わ’ is romanized ‘wa’. Words with ‘わ’: ‘わ’ at the beginning: 悪い/ わ るい ( wa rui -> bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinfu...

Pronunciation: ‘ろ’ is romanized ‘ro’ and pronounced ‘ ro ’ as in ‘ ro ck’. Words with ‘ろ’: ‘ ろ’ at the beginning: ６/ ろ く ( ro ku -...

Pronunciation: ‘れ’ is romanized ‘RE’. Words with ‘れ’: ‘れ’ at the beginning: 霊 /  れ い ( re i -> spirit; soul) ０ /  れ い ( re i ->...

Pronunciation: ‘る’ is romanized ‘ ru ’. Words with ‘る’: ‘ る’ at the beginning: る っさい ( ru ssai -> noisy; loud; fussy; annoying; t...

Pronunciation: ‘り’ is romanized ‘ri’. Words with ‘り’: ‘り’ at the beginning: 利子/ り し ( ri shi -> interest (bank)) 林檎/ り んご ( ri ng...

We finished with ' ya ' group! \o/ So now, let's move one to the next group, which is the ' ra ' group! Pronunciation...

Pronunciation: ‘よ’ is romanized ‘yo’ and pronounced ‘yo’ as in ‘your’. Words with ‘よ’: ‘よ’ at the beginning: よ うに ( yo uni -> in o...

Pronunciation: ‘ゆ’ is romanized ‘yu’ and pronounced ‘you’ as in ‘you’. Words with ‘ゆ’: ‘ゆ’ at the beginning: 雪/ ゆ き ( yu ki -> snow...

Remember this character? We introduced it too early back then in  Hiragana Lesson 7: ‘き’ [ki] . It was when we were talking how some chara...

Pronunciation: ‘め’ is romanized ‘me’ and prononced ‘me’ as in ‘met’. Words with ‘め’: ‘め’ at the beginning: め がね ( me gane -> glass...

Pronunciation: ‘む’ is romanized ‘mu’ and prononced ‘moo’ as in ‘moon’. Words with ‘む’: ‘む’ at the beginning: 胸 /  む ね ( mu ne -> c...

Pronunciation: ‘み’ is romanized ‘mi’. Words with ‘み’: ‘み’ at the beginning: 水 /  み ず ( mi zu -> water) 見る /  み る ( mi ru ->...

Pronunciation: ‘ま’ is romanized ‘ma’. Words with ‘ま’: ‘ま’ at the beginning: 間違い /  ま ちがい ( ma chigai -> mistake; fault) 町 /  ま ち ( ...

Pronunciation: ‘ほ’ is romanized (pronounced) ‘ho’ as in 'hop'. Words with ‘ほ’: ‘ほ’ at the beginning: 星 /  ほ し ( ho shi -> ...

Pronunciation: ‘へ’ is romanized (pronounced) ‘he’ as in 'hen'. But it can al Words with ‘へ’: ‘へ’ at the beginning: 蛇 /  へ び (...

ふ, in hiragana, or フ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is made in four strokes, whi...

Pronunciation: ‘ひ’ is romanized ‘hi’. Words with ‘ひ’: ‘ひ’ at the beginning: 日 /  ひ  ( hi  -> day, sunshine) 火 /  ひ  ( hi  -> fir...

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