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The Japanese alphabet is usually referred to as kana, specifically hiragana and katakana. While the Hiragana consists of 48 syllables, it is a phonetic alphabet where each alphabetic combination represents just a single sound. Thus any Japanese word can be written in a way that can be read without having to remember how the word is pronounced. So the Japanese kana are much simpler, the way something is written is the way it sounds. There is also Kanji, a Japanese system of writing based on borrowed or slightly modified Chinese characters.
a i u e o ha hi fu he ho
ka ki ku ke ko ma mi mu me mo
sa shi su se so ya
ta chi tsu te to ra ri
na ni nu ne no wa wi n we wo
yu
ru re
yo
ro
Maybe you have noticed that many sounds are missing, thats why Japanese added some additional sounds using diacritics or combinations of syllables, the table below shows the additional sounds in Hiragana:
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ga gi gu ge go
za ji zu ze zo
da ji zu de do
ba bi bu be bo
pa pi pu pe po
ja ju jo ryu
EN
a i u e o ha hi fu he ho
JP
ka ki ku ke ko
EN
JP
sa
EN
JP
ta
EN
JP
na ni nu ne no wa (wi) n
EN
JP
shi su se so ya
chi tsu te to ra ri
ma mi mu me mo
yu
ru re
(we) (w)o
yo
ro
For a modern Katakana there was a necessity to add some sounds, below is a list of additions to the katakana, used mainly to represent sounds from other languages: To Save this Page Press (CTRL D) or E-mail this Page! Free Translation EN JP EN JP EN JP EN JP EN JP
ga gi gu ge go
za ji zu ze zo
da ji zu de do
ba bi bu be bo
pa pi pu pe po
kya
sha
cha
hya
pya
EN
kyu kyo
JP
EN
shu sho
JP
EN
chu cho
JP
EN
hyu hyo
JP
EN
pyu pyo
JP
ja ju jo ryu
ye wi we wo
va vi vu ve vo
() () () ()
va vi ve vo vya fa fi fe fo
she je che
ti tu tyu di
EN
du dyu
JP
EN
JP
fyu
EN
JP
EN
JP
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