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Hiragana
Katakana








Kana Writing Practice

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Hiragana 50-on hyo
SeiOn (Basic characters) DakuOn (Combination 1 - voiced consonant)

a i u e o

ka ki ku ke ko ga gi gu ge go

sa shi su se so za ji (zi) zu ze zo

ta chi tsu te to da ji (di) zu (du) de do

na ni nu ne no

ha hi fu he ho ba bi bu be bo

ma mi mu me mo pa pi pu pe po

ya - yu - yo

ra ri ru re ro

wa - - - o (wo)
- - - -
n - - - -
YoOn (Combination 2 - contracted sound)

kya kyu kyo gya gyu gyo

sha shu sho ja ju jo

cha chu cho

nya nyu nyo

hya hyu hyo bya byu byo

mya myu myo pya pyu pyo

rya ryu ryo

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Katakana 50-on hyo
SeiOn (Basic characters) DakuOn (Combination 1 - voiced consonant)

a i u e o

ka ki ku ke ko ga gi gu ge go

sa shi su se so za ji (zi) zu ze zo

ta chi tsu te to da ji (di) zu (du) de do

na ni nu ne no

ha hi fu he ho ba bi bu be bo

ma mi mu me mo pa pi pu pe po

ya - yu - yo

ra ri ru re ro

wa - - - o (wo)

n - - - -
YoOn (Combination 2 - contracted sound)

kya kyu kyo gya gyu gyo

sha shu sho ja ju jo

cha chu cho

nya nyu nyo

hya hyu hyo bya byu byo

mya myu myo pya pyu pyo

rya ryu ryo

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Katakana - New Method

Since an increasing number of foreign words, some new methods have been used in order to
make the sound as close as possible to the original sound of foreign words.

fa fakkusu fax
fi Firipin Philippine
fe Feraari Ferrari
fo fooku fork
ti paatii party
we we(ue)itoresu waitress
wo wookuman Walk Man
che chero cello


Font Face

There are several fonts like English, Times New Roman and Arial in Japanese fonts.
Some Japanese letters look different because of its font face.

School font MS Mincho MS Gothic Cursive style
sa


ki


fu


ri



MS Mincho and MS Gothic fonts are currently most popular because these are provided
by Microsoft as a standard fonts of MS Windows.

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i
u
e
o

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ka
ki
ku
ke
ko

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sa
shi
su
se
so

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2
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ta
chi
tsu
te
to

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na
ni
nu
ne
no

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ha
hi
fu
he
ho

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ma
mi
mu
me
mo

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ya
yu
yo

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ra
ri
ru
re
ro

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wa
o (wo)
n

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ko

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ma
mi
mu
me
mo

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ya
yu
yo

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ra
ri
ru
re
ro

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wa
o (wo)
n

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ga
za
da
ba
pa