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Hiragana - ひらがな

Follow the links from the column headings to study that whole column, or each individual kana character.

Note: the "n" and "w-" columns are included in "r"; and the "y-" column is included in "m".
Note 2: You can watch hiragana movie by clicking the hiragana image in the individual character page. You will hear the following words while watching the movie: nagareru "flow", haneru "hook", and tomeru "stop." Pay attention to these three points when practice writing characters.

Hiragana Worksheets are available to print out.

ｎ	ｗ	ｒ	ｙ	ｍ	ｈ	ｎ	ｔ	ｓ	ｋ
ん	わ	ら	や	ま	は	な	た	さ	か	あ	ａ
		り		み	ひ	に	ち	し	き	い	ｉ
		る	ゆ	む	ふ	ぬ	つ	す	く	う	ｕ
		れ		め	へ	ね	て	せ	け	え	ｅ
	を	ろ	よ	も	ほ	の	と	そ	こ	お	ｏ

NIHONGO: Warning! There is Japanese text on the documents below. If it looks like this: $BI4@i instead of this: " ", then read this.

Day 1	Study "a" - "to" above Listen to the sounds of the words in the Day 1 Exercises
Quiz 1	Practice for Quiz: "a" - "to"
Day 2	Study "na" - "yo", above Listen to the sounds of the words in the Day 2 Exercises
Day 3	Study "ra" - "n", above Listen to the sounds of the words in the Day 3 Exercises
Day 4	Study Voiced and Semi-voiced Sounds Listen to the sounds of the words in the Day 4 Exercises
Day 5	Study Consonant + y + Vowel; Syllabic n Listen to the sounds of the words in the Day 5 Exercises
Day 6	Study Double Vowels; Double Consonants Listen to the sounds of the words in the Day 6 Exercises
Quiz 2	Practice ["a" - "n"] [Day 4] [Day 5] [Day 6]
Day 7	Study How to write words, phrases, and sentences

ｎ	ｗ	ｒ	ｙ	ｍ	ｈ	ｎ	ｔ	ｓ	ｋ
ん	わ	ら	や	ま	は	な	た	さ	か	あ	ａ
		り		み	ひ	に	ち	し	き	い	ｉ
		る	ゆ	む	ふ	ぬ	つ	す	く	う	ｕ
		れ		め	へ	ね	て	せ	け	え	ｅ
	を	ろ	よ	も	ほ	の	と	そ	こ	お	ｏ

ｎ	ｗ	ｒ	ｙ	ｍ	ｈ	ｎ	ｔ	ｓ	ｋ
ん	わ	ら	や	ま	は	な	た	さ	か	あ	ａ
		り		み	ひ	に	ち	し	き	い	ｉ
		る	ゆ	む	ふ	ぬ	つ	す	く	う	ｕ
		れ		め	へ	ね	て	せ	け	え	ｅ
	を	ろ	よ	も	ほ	の	と	そ	こ	お	ｏ

ｎ	ｗ	ｒ	ｙ	ｍ	ｈ	ｎ	ｔ	ｓ	ｋ
ん	わ	ら	や	ま	は	な	た	さ	か	あ	ａ
		り		み	ひ	に	ち	し	き	い	ｉ
		る	ゆ	む	ふ	ぬ	つ	す	く	う	ｕ
		れ		め	へ	ね	て	せ	け	え	ｅ
	を	ろ	よ	も	ほ	の	と	そ	こ	お	ｏ