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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

hit in the backe for extra bits o for on the green

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

sa for samurai sword shi for she has long hair

su for soon there will be a flower

se for sunset so for sewing a zig zag stitch

ta for ‘ta’ chi for cheese tsu for sneezing ‘ahh tsu’

te for broken tennis racquet

to for toe with a 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 keg has a hole

hi for fat man laughing ‘he he he’

fu for Mt Fuji he for pointing to heaven

ho for its hot, wear a hat

ma for calling ma on the telephone

mi for me I’m 21 mu for moo cow me for messy mo for more fish

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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あ い う え おa i u e o

あ い う え お

あお ______うえ ______ICHI ______あけ ______AME ______

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か き く け こka ki ku ke ko

か き く け こ

かお ______EKI　　 ______きく ______KITA ______

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かえる ___ ___ ___

さ し す せ そsa shi su se so

さ し す せ そ

せき ______SEN ______いす ______

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SAKA ______すし ______

た ち つ て とta chi tsu te to

た ち つ て と

TATOE 　 ______あそこ ___ ___ ___たつ ______

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CHIKU ______てんし ___ ___ ___

な に ぬ ね のna ni nu ne no

な に ぬ ね の

ねこ ______NICHI ______いぬ ______

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NIHON　 _________なつ ______

は ひ ふ へ ほha hi fu he ho

は ひ ふ へ ほ

HAKU 　___ ___おはし 　___ ___ ___はる 　___ ___

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HACHI 　___　___ひな 　___　___

ま み む め もma mi mu me mo

ま み む め も

まる ___ ___ あまい ___ ___ ___みた ______

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MAWASHI _________MUIKA _________

や ゆ よYa Yu Yo

や ゆ よ

よいく ___ ___ ___やさい ___ ___ ___YUME 　 ___ ___

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YASUMI _________よこはま ___ ___ ___ ___

ら り る れ ろra ri ru re ro

ら り る れ ろ

そら ___ ___なると　 ___ ___ ___NERAI　 ___ ___ ___

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NORIMASU ___ ___ ___ ___ねん ___ ___

わ を んwa o n

わ を ん

わたし _________WAKAI _________

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にん　　　　 ______ ONNA 　 _________* only use this o character as a particle in a sentence – never in a word.

Ten Ten & Maru Sound ChangesThese 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 GorillaStripy ZebraThirsty Dog

Hungry BabyHappy Puppy

Write the following sounds into hiragana using ten ten’s and maru’s.gaji

zobapudegizubupa

Read the following sounds and match them with the correct romaji.

ど piぜ beぴ doご zaべ zeざ go

Write the following words which use sound changes into hiragana.

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GakiZashiButaDochi

PachinkoCombination Sounds

We can combine some hiragana characters to make combination sounds which we need for words like isha (いしゃ) which means

doctor.

For example…

Ki + ya = Kyaき　＋　や　＝　きゃ

Mi + Yu = Myuみ　＋　ゆ　＝　みゅ

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.

Make sure the ‘y’ sound is written a little bit smaller than the ‘I’ sound.

Let’s practice!

shapyochumya

ぴゅにょりゃぎょ

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Try these words!(tea) ocha

(distance) kyori

(inn) ryokan

Match the days of the week with the correct Japanese word.

Monday すいようび

Tuesday にちようび

Wednesday げつようび

Thursday どようび

Friday かようび

Saturday きんようび

Sunday しゅうまつ

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Weekend もくようび

Match the greetings with the correct Japanese word.

Hello さようなら

Good Morning こんばんは

How are you? こんにちは

Good Evening じゃまた

Good Night またあした

Goodbye おげんき　ですか

See you tomorrow おやすみなさい

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Seeya おはようごさいます

Check your Hiragana!

a for antenna i for Hawaii u for old lady getting hit in the back

e for extra bits o for on the green

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

sa for samurai sword shi for she has long hair

su for soon there will be a flower

se for sunset so for sewing a zig zag stitch

ta for ‘ta’ chi for cheese tsu for sneezing ‘ahh tsu’

te for broken tennis racquet

to for toe with a 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 keg has a hole

hi for fat man laughing ‘he he he’

fu for Mt Fuji he for pointing to heaven

ho for its hot, wear a hat

ma for calling ma on the telephone

mi for me I’m 21 mu for moo cow me for messy mo for more fish

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

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wa for wand o for olympics n for ‘n’

れんしゅう！

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