HIRAGANA: PART THREE L A B

You learned a little about writing hiragana in the “Write Hiragana” Lab. Nowit’s time to learn how to use it!

Below is a list of words written in hiragana. Use the chart on the next page tofind out how these words are spelled in English!

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てんぷら ______________

さくら ______________ (cherry)

おりがみ ______________

おととい ______________ (day before yesterday)

しんぶん ______________ (newspaper)

はなび ______________ (fireworks)

ぴかちゅう ___________

HIRAGANA: PART THREE L A B

Now do the reverse! Below are some Romanized spellings of Japanese words.Use the chart to write them in hiragana!

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unagi _________________ (eel)

sensei _________________ (teacher)

genkan _________________ (entrance)

sumimasen _________________ (excuse me)

konnichiwa _________________ (hello)

Note: Some of these words are not normally written in hiragana. Some are usually writtenin kanji, and some are written in katakana. Many Japanese words and phrases have two orall three of these systems intermixed with each other. But the purpose of this lab is not toteach you how to use hiragana perfectly, only to familiarize yourself with the basics of howit works.

HIRAGANA: PART THREE L A B

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あ い う え お

か き く け こ

さ し す せ そ

た ち つ て と

な に ぬ ね の

は ひ ふ へ ほ

ま み む め も

や ゆ よ

ら り る れ ろ

わ を

ん ひらがな

きゃきゅきょぎゃぎゅぎょ

にゃにゅにょひゃひゅひょ

びゃびゅびょぴゃぴゅぴょ

みゃみゅみょりゃりゅりょ

じゃじゅじぇじょちゃちゅ

ちぇちょしゃしゅしぇしょ

が ぎ ぐ げ ご

ざ じ ず ぜ ぞ

だ ぢ づ で ど

ば び ぶ べ ぼ

ぱ ぴ ぷ ぺ ぽ

a i u e o

ka ki ku ke ko

n Hiragana

sa shi su se so

ta chi tsu te to

wa wo

ra ri ru re ro

ya yu yo

ma mi mu me mo

ha hi fu he ho

na ni nu ne no

kya kyu kyo gya gyu gyo

nya nyu nyo hya hyu hyo

bya byu byo pya pyu pyo

mya myu myo rya ryu ryo

ja ju je jo cha chu

che cho sha shu she sho

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

Basic Hiragana syllables Additional sounds