Katakana special reading Katakana has a special pronunciation which is not in Hiragana. Pronunciation How to write Reading practice ① ミルクティー ② チェック ③ フォーク ④ ファイト ⑤ シェイク ⑥ ディーラー ⑦ ファンクション ⑧ ジェット ⑨ ウォッカ ⑩ フェラーリ […]
Read More →How to write Katakana “Katakana” is used for loan words, place names in countries other than the country without Kanji culture (ex.アメリカ (=U.S.A.), バンコク (=Bangkok)) , and the foreigner’s name (マイケル・ジャクソン (=Michael Jackson)) , and onomatopoeias (ワンワン […]
Read More →Write particles in Hiragana Some particles use different letters as they pronounced. ①「は (wa)」for topic (Grammar Lesson4) １．わたしは きょうしです。 I’m a teacher. ２．あれは なんですか。 What is that? ３．あのひとは だれですか。 Who is that? The topic “wa” is written as […]
Read More →Hiragana geminative consonant Pronunciation Small “っ” is not pronounced. Pause for the length of one letter. ・・ ・・・ きて きって kite kitte ・・ ・・・ さき さっき saki sakki ・・ ・・・ しき しっき shiki shikki ・・・ ・・・・ かさい かっさい kasai kassai […]
Read More →Hiragana long sound How to use ＊The long sounds “ā” “ī” “ū” writes “ああ” “いい” “うう”. However, “ē” is written as “えい”, “ō” as “おう”. For example, “tokē” is written as “とけい”, not “とけえ”, “satō” is “さとう”, not “さとお”.However, […]
Read More →Hiragana contracted sound Pronounce as one sound, with the character of “i” in each row and small “やrow” Pronunciation How to write Reading practice ① ばしゃ carriage ② ちゃいろ brown ③ さんびゃく 300 ④ みりょく charm ⑤ かのじょ girlfriend ⑥ ちょしゃ author […]
Read More →Hiragana voiced consonant pronunciation ＊There are few words that use “ぢ” and “づ”. Normally use “じ” for “ji” and “ず “for” zu “. How to write Reading practice ① しごと work […]
Read More →How to write Hiragana There are three types of characters in Japanese. Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and katakana have 46 letters, kanji have 2,136 letters in common use in newspapers, magazines, broadcasts, etc. Let’s […]
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