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...

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

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