Hiragana Flashcards
あ
[a]
い
[i]
う
[ɯ], like the oo in food
え
[e]
お
[o]
か
[ka]
き
[ki]
く
[kɯ]
け
[ke]
こ
[ko]
さ
[sa]
し
[ɕi], like the shee in sheep
す
[sɯ], although it can shorten to more of a [s] at the end of a word
せ
[se]
そ
[so]
た
[ta]
ち
[tɕi], like the tch in itchy
つ
[tsɯ], like the ts in cats
て
[te]
と
[to]
な
[na]
に
[ni]
ぬ
[nu]
ね
[ne]
の
[no]
は
[ha], although pronounced like [ɰa] or “wa” as a particle
ひ
[hi], like the h in human
ふ
[ɸɯ], roughly between a short “hoo” and “foo”
へ
[he], although pronounced like [e] or “eh” as a particle
ほ
[ho]
ま
[ma]
み
[mi]
む
[mɯ]
め
[me]
も
[mo]
や
[ya]
ゆ
[yu]
よ
[yo]
ら
[ɾa]
り
[ɾi]
る
[ɾɯ]
れ
[ɾe]
ろ
[ɾo]
わ
[wa]
を
[o], although it’s most often romanized as “wo”
ん
[n] or [ŋ], like the n in pink, producing a [m] when combined with a bilabial stop, hence “tempura” and not “tenpura”
が
[ga]
ざ
[za]
だ
[da]
ば
[ba]
ぱ
[pa]
ぎ
[gi]
じ
[ji]
ぢ
[ji]
び
[bi]
ぴ
[pi]
ぐ
[gu]
ず
[zu]
づ
[zu]
ぶ
[bu]
ぷ
[pu]
げ
[ge]
ぜ
[ze]
で
[de]
べ
[be]
ぺ
[pe]
ご
[go]
ぞ
[zo]
ど
[do]
ぼ
[bo]
ぽ
[po]