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Grade: Year: Term:
My Hiragana
Workbook!
日本語
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a あ
‘a’isforantennauponaroof.
i い
u う
e え
o お
ka か
ki き
ku く
ke け
ko こ
QUIZ!Writethefol lowingJapanesewords inh iragana.Onecharacterperbox!
aka(red) aki(autumn) ao(blue)
ie(house) ike(pond) koe(voice)
あ
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sa さ
shi し
su す
se せ
so そ
ta た
chi ち
tsu つ
te て
to と
QUIZ!Writethefol lowingwords inh iragana
asa(morning) sake chikatetsu(subway)
seki(cough) tokei(watch)
kutsu(shoes)
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na な
ni に
nu ぬ
ne ね
no の
ha は
*NOTE:Whenyousee‘wa’writtenbyitself,usetheはcharacter.Eg–‘watashiwa’iswrittenわたしは
hi ひ
fu ふ
he へ
ho ほ
QUIZ!Writethefol lowingwords inh iragana
kononeko(thiscat) anata(you) heso(navel)
hito(people) nani(what) fuku(chothes)
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ma ま
mi み
mu む
me め
mo も
QUIZ!Writethefol lowingwords inh iragana
ame(rain) miso
meishi(businesscard) mushi(insect)
ya や
yu ゆ
yo よ
QUIZ!Writethefol lowingwords inh iragana
yasumi(dayoff) yuki(snow)
fuyu(winter) yakiniku
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ra ら
ri り
ru る
re れ
ro ろ
wa わ
wo を
*Neveruseをwhenspellingaword.It’sonlyeverusedbyitself.
n ん
QUIZ!Writethefol lowingwords inh iragana
kore(this) sore(that) wakai(young)
yakitori ramen watashi(I) QUIZ!Similarcharacters–Writethefol lowingcharacters inh iragana.Payattentiontowhatmakesthemdifferent.
a/o ki/sa chi/ra ta/name/nu i/ri ma/mo ru/roke/ha/ho wa/re/ne
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TenTen”andMaruoByaddingtenten“ormaruotocharacterswealreadyknow,weget23newsoundswithouthavingtolearn23newcharacters!
Newsound Character Pract iceOrig inalsound
ga が ka
gi ぎ
gu ぐ
ge げ
go ご
za ざ
ji じ
zu ず
ze ぜ
zo ぞ
pa ぱ pi ぴ pu ぷ pe ぺ po ぽ
da だ de で do ど
ba ば bi び bu ぶ be べ bo ぼ
douzoyoroshiku
arigatougozaimasu
hajimemashite
mado(window)
mada(notyet)
ginkou(bank)
shinbun(newspapaer)
tomodachi(friend)
ginza
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CombinationSounds
kya きゃ
kyu きゅ
kyo きょ
gya ぎゃ
gyu ぎゅ
gyo ぎょ
sha しゃ shu しゅ sho しょ
cha ちゃ chu ちゅ cho ちょ
mya みゃ
myu みゅ
myo みょ
nya にゃ
nyu にゅ
nyo にょ
hya ひゃ
hyu ひゅ
hyo ひょ
pya ぴゃ
pyu ぴゅ
pyo ぴょ
bya びゃ
byu びゅ
byo びょ
rya りゃ
ryu りゅ
ryo りょ
ja じゃ
ju じゅ
jo じょ
kanojo(she) juusho(address) kyuuryou(salary)
jamata(seeyouagain) kaisha(company) okyakusan(guest)
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Rules inHiragana
(1)Longvowelsounds(aa, i i , uu,ee,oo)LongvowelsoundscanbewrittenTWOways:1:aa,ii,uu,ee,oo OR shortenedtoavowelwithalineaboveit:ā,ī,ū,ē,ō★aaisrepresentedbyADDINGあ Forexample:okaasan(mother)è おかあさん
Yourturn: māmā(soso)___________________★iiisrepresentedbyADDING い Forexample:oniisan(olderbrother)è おにいさん
Yourturn: ojīsan(grandfather)___________________
★uuisrepresentedbyADDING う Forexample:yuugata(earlyevening)è ゆうがたYourturn: taifū(typhoon)______________________ kūki(air)_____________________________
★ooisrepresentedbyADDING う Forexample:sayoonaraè さようなら
Yourturn: byōin(hospital)______________________ kyō(today)__________________________★Insomewordsitistraditionallywrittenasお Forexample:ookii(big)è おおきい
Yourturn: too(ten)_____________________________ toori(street)__________________________(2)Doubleconsonants(kk,pp,ss,andtt)★Doubleconsonants(kk,pp,ss,andtt)arerepresentedbyADDINGasmallつ(tsu)
Forexample:gakkou(school)è がっこう
Yourturn: ikkai(once)_________________________ roppyakuen(600)_____________________
ikko(onesmallobject)___________________juppun(10min)_____________________ kippu(ticket)__________________________
irasshaimase(welcome)_______________________________________________________
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(3)waasapart ic le iswrittenusingは(ha),notわ(wa).Forexample:Kyouwadoyoubidesu(todayisSaturday)è きょう は どようび です。Yourturn: Watashiwanihonjindesu(I’mJapanese)______________________________________________(4) ‘o ’asapart ic le iswrittenusingを(wo),notお(o).Forexample:Osakeonomimasu(Idrinksake)è おさけ を のみます。Yourturn: Soreomisetekudasai(pleaseshowmethat)__________________________________________
HiraganaReviewQuizWritethefollowingsentencesinromaji(Englishletters).
1. あさって ゆうびんきょくに いきます。
2. ともだちと いっしょに としょかんで べんきょう します。
3. きょう かいしゃ は やすみ で は ありませんでした。
Writethefollowingromanisedsentencesinh iragana.
1. ganbattekudasai.__________________________________________________________________________
2. chottomattekudasai._______________________________________________________________________
3. MegurokaraToukyouekimadedenshade20ppundesu.______________________________________
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