A Flashcards
What is the hiragana character for ‘a’?
あ
What is the hiragana character for ‘i’?
い
What is the hiragana character for ‘u’?
う
What is the hiragana character for ‘e’?
え
What is the hiragana character for ‘o’?
お
True or False: The hiragana character ‘あ’ is pronounced as ‘o’.
False
Fill in the blank: The hiragana character ‘い’ represents the sound ____.
i
Multiple choice: Which of the following is the correct hiragana character for ‘u’? A) え B) う C) お
B) う
What sound does the hiragana character ‘お’ represent?
o
True or False: The hiragana character ‘え’ is pronounced as ‘e’.
True
What is the correct order of the first five hiragana characters?
あ, い, う, え, お
Fill in the blank: The hiragana character ‘う’ represents the sound ____.
u
Multiple choice: Which sound does the hiragana character ‘あ’ represent? A) a B) i C) u
A) a
What is the hiragana equivalent of the English letter ‘A’?
あ
What is the hiragana equivalent of the English letter ‘I’?
い
Which hiragana character is used to represent the sound ‘e’?
え
True or False: ‘お’ is the hiragana character for the sound ‘e’.
False
What character comes after ‘い’ in the hiragana chart?
う
Fill in the blank: The hiragana character ‘お’ represents the sound ____.
o
Multiple choice: Which of the following is not a hiragana character? A) あ B) い C) A
C) A
What is the hiragana character for the sound ‘a’?
あ
True or False: All hiragana characters are used to represent sounds in the Japanese language.
True
What is the first hiragana character in the Japanese syllabary?
あ
Fill in the blank: The character ‘い’ is used to represent the sound ____.
i
What is the last of the first five hiragana characters?
お
Multiple choice: Which character represents the sound ‘u’? A) え B) う C) あ
B) う
What is the sound represented by the hiragana character ‘え’?
e
What is the hiragana character for ‘ka’?
か
What is the hiragana character for ‘ki’?
き
What is the hiragana character for ‘ku’?
く
What is the hiragana character for ‘ke’?
け
What is the hiragana character for ‘ko’?
こ
Which of the following is the correct hiragana for ‘ka’? A) き B) か C) く
B) か
True or False: The hiragana character for ‘ki’ is く.
False
Fill in the blank: The hiragana character for ‘ke’ is ____.
け
Short Answer: How many hiragana characters are there in the ‘ka’ row?
Five
What sound does the hiragana character こ represent?
‘ko’
Which character comes first in the ‘ka’ row: か or き?
か
True or False: The character く represents the sound ‘ku’.
True
Multiple Choice: Which hiragana character represents ‘ki’? A) け B) き C) こ
B) き
What is the stroke order for writing the hiragana か?
Start with a vertical line, then a curve to the left, and finish with a horizontal line.
Which hiragana character is used for the sound ‘ke’?
け
Fill in the blank: The hiragana for ‘ku’ is ____.
く
Short Answer: List the five hiragana characters in the ‘ka’ row.
か, き, く, け, こ
True or False: The character け is used for the sound ‘ka’.
False
Multiple Choice: Which of the following is NOT in the ‘ka’ row? A) か B) し C) き
B) し
What is the corresponding romaji for the hiragana character こ?
‘ko’
Which character is the last in the ‘ka’ row?
こ
True or False: The character き can be used to represent the sound ‘ki’.
True
Fill in the blank: The sound represented by く is ____.
‘ku’
Short Answer: What is the difference between か and き?
か is ‘ka’, while き is ‘ki’.
Multiple Choice: What is the first character in the ‘ka’ row? A) け B) か C) く
B) か
What is the hiragana character for ‘ku’ when written in a word?
く
True or False: The hiragana け looks similar to the English letter ‘c’.
False
What is the hiragana character for the sound ‘ga’?
が
Which hiragana character represents the sound ‘gi’?
ぎ
Fill in the blank: The hiragana character for ‘gu’ is ____.
ぐ
What is the hiragana character for the sound ‘ge’?
げ
Which hiragana character represents the sound ‘go’?
ご
True or False: The hiragana character ‘sa’ is さ.
True
What is the hiragana character for ‘shi’?
し
Fill in the blank: The hiragana character for ‘su’ is ____.
す
What is the hiragana character for the sound ‘se’?
せ
Which hiragana character represents the sound ‘so’?
そ
True or False: The hiragana character ‘za’ is ざ.
True
What is the hiragana character for ‘ji’?
じ
Fill in the blank: The hiragana character for ‘zu’ is ____.
ず
What is the hiragana character for the sound ‘ze’?
ぜ
Which hiragana character represents the sound ‘zo’?
ぞ
True or False: The hiragana character ‘ta’ is た.
True
What is the hiragana character for ‘chi’?
ち
Fill in the blank: The hiragana character for ‘tsu’ is ____.
つ
What is the hiragana character for the sound ‘te’?
て
Which hiragana character represents the sound ‘to’?
と
True or False: The hiragana character ‘da’ is だ.
True
What is the hiragana character for ‘ji’ when used in the context of ‘da’?
じ
Fill in the blank: The hiragana character for ‘dzu’ is ____.
づ
What is the hiragana character for the sound ‘de’?
で
Which hiragana character represents the sound ‘do’?
ど
What is the purpose of Hiragana in the Japanese writing system?
Hiragana is used for native Japanese words and grammatical elements.
How many basic Hiragana characters are there?
There are 46 basic Hiragana characters.
True or False: Hiragana characters represent syllables.
True.
Fill in the blank: The Hiragana character た is pronounced as _____ in romaji.
ta
Which of the following is a Hiragana character? a) あ b) 𠜎 c) い
a) あ and c) い are Hiragana characters.
What does the Hiragana character す represent in romaji?
su
List three Hiragana characters that begin with the ‘k’ sound.
か (ka), き (ki), く (ku)
True or False: Hiragana is used exclusively for foreign words.
False.
What is the Hiragana character for ‘no’?
の
How do you write ‘me’ in Hiragana?
め
Fill in the blank: The Hiragana character え is pronounced as _____ in romaji.
e
Which character represents the sound ‘na’ in Hiragana?
な
What is the Hiragana character for ‘shi’?
し
True or False: The Hiragana character ん is used to represent a vowel sound.
False.
What is the stroke order for the Hiragana character る?
The stroke order is a single stroke that goes from top to bottom, then a curve to the left.
Which of the following is NOT a Hiragana character? a) も b) 𠜎 c) け
b) 𠜎
What is the Hiragana character for ‘yo’?
よ
Fill in the blank: The Hiragana character ふ is pronounced as _____ in romaji.
fu
What is the function of the Hiragana character は when used as a particle?
It marks the topic of the sentence.
How do you write ‘ko’ in Hiragana?
こ
True or False: Hiragana can be used to write every Japanese word.
False.
Which Hiragana character represents the sound ‘te’?
て
What is the Hiragana character for ‘ta’?
た
Fill in the blank: The Hiragana character り is pronounced as _____ in romaji.
ri
List two Hiragana characters that represent the ‘s’ sound.
さ (sa), し (shi)
What is the Hiragana character for ‘me’?
め
True or False: Hiragana is used for writing kanji.
False.
What is the Hiragana character for ‘u’?
う
What is the native writing system of Japan?
The native writing system of Japan includes Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana.
True or False: Japanese is an isolating language.
False: Japanese is an agglutinative language.
Fill in the blank: The Japanese word for ‘thank you’ is __________.
Arigatou
What does ‘Kanji’ represent in the Japanese writing system?
Kanji represents logographic characters borrowed from Chinese.
Which of the following is a phonetic script used in Japanese? (A) Kanji (B) Hiragana (C) Romaji
B) Hiragana
What is the primary function of Katakana in the Japanese language?
Katakana is primarily used for foreign words, onomatopoeia, and scientific terms.
True or False: Japanese has a fixed subject-verb-object (SVO) word order.
False: Japanese typically follows a subject-object-verb (SOV) order.
What is the term for the Japanese honorifics used to show respect?
Keigo
Multiple Choice: Which of the following is NOT a Japanese dialect? (A) Kansai (B) Hokkaido (C) Mandarin
C) Mandarin
What is the meaning of ‘nihongo’ in English?
‘Nihongo’ means ‘the Japanese language.’
Fill in the blank: The Japanese word for ‘yes’ is __________.
Hai
What is the Japanese term for ‘goodbye’?
‘Sayonara’
What is the significance of particles in Japanese grammar?
Particles indicate the grammatical function of words in a sentence.
True or False: Japanese has no articles like ‘the’ or ‘a’.
True
What is the Hiragana character for the sound ‘ka’?
The Hiragana character for ‘ka’ is か.
Multiple Choice: Which of the following sentences is correct in Japanese? (A) 私は学生です (B) 私は学生 (C) 学生私です
A) 私は学生です
What is the Japanese word for ‘water’?
‘Mizu’
Fill in the blank: The Japanese writing system that uses Roman letters is called __________.
Romaji
What does ‘kawaii’ mean in English?
‘Kawaii’ means ‘cute.’
True or False: Japanese uses a single script for all its writing.
False: Japanese uses multiple scripts, including Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana.
What is the Japanese term for ‘family’?
‘Kazoku’
Multiple Choice: Which of the following is a traditional Japanese theater form? (A) Kabuki (B) Ballet (C) Opera
A) Kabuki
What is the Japanese word for ‘friend’?
‘Tomodachi’
Fill in the blank: To say ‘good morning’ in Japanese, you say __________.
‘Ohayou’
What is the significance of the ‘Romaji’ system?
Romaji is used to transcribe Japanese sounds using the Latin alphabet.
