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The consonants and vowels used to form
Japanese sounds |
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Basic Japanese sounds (click each sound
for more information) |
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Combination Japanese sounds |
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Exceptions |
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- Reading order - the table
above should be
read in the following order:
- read each a, i, u, e, o basic
Japanese sound section from top to bottom and then from right to left:
- ie: a
i u
e o
ka ki
ku ke
ko
- then read each ya, yu, yo combination
Japanese sound section from top to bottom and then
from right to left:
- ie: kya
kyu kyo
- Forming a Japanese sound
- to form a Japanese sound, combine a consonant from a horizontal row with a vowel
from a vertical row:
- ie:
k +
a =
ka
- ie:
k +
ya =
kya
- Exceptions
- ie:
shi ,
chi ,
tsu ,
ji - different sound,
read
pronunciation
- ie:
fu ,
ha - two
ways to pronounce,
read
pronunciation
- ie: sha
,
shu ,
sho ,
cha ,
chu ,
cho - read
pronunciation
- Sound equivalents - each romaji has a hiragana and a katakana sound
equivalent:
- ie: romaji
"a" =
hiragana あ
=
katakana ア
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Making words - you can easily make words and
communicate in Japanese using romaji. |
- Good afternoon.
(hello)
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ko +
n +
ni +
chi +
wa =
Konnichi wa.
- こんにちは。
- How are you?
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o +
ge +
n +
ki +
de +
su +
ka = Ogenki
desu ka?
- お元気ですか。
- Fine, thank you.
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ge +
n +
ki +
de +
su =
Genki desu.
- 元気です。
- How about you?
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a +
na +
ta +
wa = Anata wa?
- あなたは。
- Goodbye.
(long-term)
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sa +
yo +
u +
na +
ra = Sayounara.
- さようなら。
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