Hiragana

Workbook

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Hiragana Chart

Picture Clues

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 a for antenna i for Hawaii u for old lady getting e for extra bits o for on the green
hit in the back

ka for cuts ki for key ku for kookaburra ke for keg ko for coin

sa for samurai sword shi for she has long su for soon there will se for sunset so for sewing a zig
hair be a flower zag stitch

ta for ta chi for cheese tsu for sneezing ahh te for broken tennis to for toe with a
tsu racquet thorn in it

na for nun ni for knee cap nu for noodles ne for net no for not quite an e

ha for ha ha your hi for fat man fu for Mt Fuji he for pointing to ho for its hot, wear a
keg has a hole laughing he he he heaven hat

ma for calling ma on mi for me Im 21 mu for moo cow me for messy mo for more fish
the telephone

ya for yak yu for u turn yo for yo-yo

ra for rabbit ri for reeds ru for ruby re for rest ro for robber

wa for wand o for olympics n for n

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a i u e o

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ICHI ___ ___
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AME ___ ___

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ka ki ku ke ko

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EKI ___ ___
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KITA ___ ___
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sa shi su se so

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SEN ___ ___
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SAKA ___ ___
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ta chi tsu te to

TATOE ___ ___

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CHIKU ___ ___
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na ni nu ne no
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NICHI ___ ___
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NIHON ___ ___ ___
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ha hi fu he ho

HAKU ___ ___

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HACHI ______
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ma mi mu me mo

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 ___ ___
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MAWASHI ___ ___ ___
MUIKA ___ ___ ___

Ya Yu Yo

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 ___ ___ ___
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YUME ___ ___
YASUMI ___ ___ ___
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ra ri ru re ro

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 ___ ___
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NERAI ___ ___ ___
NORIMASU ___ ___ ___ ___
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wa o n

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 ___ ___ ___
WAKAI ___ ___ ___
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ONNA ___ ___ ___
* only use this o character as a particle in a sentence never in a
word.
Ten Ten & Maru Sound Changes
These change the sounds of regular hiragana and katakana to
make more sounds. Use the rhyme below to help you remember
how to change the sounds.

REMEMBER!!
Killer Gorilla
Stripy Zebra
Thirsty Dog
Hungry Baby
Happy Puppy

Write the following sounds into hiragana using ten tens and marus.
ga
ji
zo
ba
pu

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 de
gi
zu
bu
pa
Read the following sounds and match them with the correct romaji.
pi
be
do
za
ze
go

Write the following words which use sound changes into hiragana.
Gaki
Zashi
Buta
Dochi
Pachinko
Combination Sounds

We can combine some hiragana characters to make combination

sounds which we need for words like isha () which means
doctor.

For example

Ki + ya = Kya

Mi + Yu = Myu

All you need to do is combine an i sound (like ki or mi) with a Y

sound ya, yu or yo.

Practice by writing each of the combination sounds into either

hiragana or romaji.

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Make sure the y sound is written a little bit smaller than the I
sound.
Lets practice!

sha
pyo
chu
mya




Try these words!
(tea) ocha
(distance) kyori
(inn) ryokan

Match the days of the week with the correct Japanese

word.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

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Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Weekend

Match the greetings with the correct Japanese word.

Hello

Good Morning

How are you?

Good Evening

Good Night

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Goodbye

See you tomorrow

Seeya

Check your Hiragana!

a for antenna i for Hawaii u for old lady getting e for extra bits o for on the green
hit in the back

ka for cuts ki for key ku for kookaburra ke for keg ko for coin

sa for samurai sword shi for she has long su for soon there will se for sunset so for sewing a zig
hair be a flower zag stitch

ta for ta chi for cheese tsu for sneezing ahh te for broken tennis to for toe with a
tsu racquet thorn in it

na for nun ni for knee cap nu for noodles ne for net no for not quite an e

ha for ha ha your hi for fat man fu for Mt Fuji he for pointing to ho for its hot, wear a
keg has a hole laughing he he he heaven hat

ma for calling ma on mi for me Im 21 mu for moo cow me for messy mo for more fish

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the telephone

ya for yak yu for u turn yo for yo-yo

ra for rabbit ri for reeds ru for ruby re for rest ro for robber

wa for wand o for olympics n for n

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