Japanese Flashcards
What is hiragana?
Hiragana is one of the two phonetic scripts used in the Japanese writing system.
How many basic hiragana characters are there?
There are 46 basic hiragana characters.
True or False: Hiragana is used primarily for native Japanese words.
True.
Fill in the blank: The hiragana character ‘あ’ represents the sound _____ .
a.
What is the hiragana character for the sound ‘ki’?
き.
Which hiragana character represents the sound ‘su’?
す.
True or False: Hiragana can be used to write foreign words.
False.
What is the hiragana character for the sound ‘ne’?
ね.
What does the hiragana character ‘た’ represent?
‘ta’.
Multiple Choice: Which of the following is a hiragana character? A) し B) 𠮷 C) 日
A) し.
How do you write the sound ‘mo’ in hiragana?
も.
What is the hiragana character for ‘ra’?
ら.
Fill in the blank: The hiragana character ‘う’ represents the sound _____ .
u.
True or False: Hiragana is used for grammatical functions in sentences.
True.
What is the hiragana character for ‘to’?
と.
What does the hiragana character ‘さ’ represent?
‘sa’.
Multiple Choice: Which of the following is not a hiragana character? A) み B) ね C) かん
C) かん.
How do you write ‘shi’ in hiragana?
し.
What is the hiragana character for the sound ‘ye’?
There is no hiragana character for ‘ye’.
What is the hiragana character for ‘ho’?
ほ.
True or False: Hiragana characters can represent entire words.
False.
What is the hiragana character for ‘me’?
め.
Fill in the blank: The sound ‘e’ is represented by the hiragana character _____ .
え.
What is the hiragana character for ‘yu’?
ゆ.
How do you write ‘na’ in hiragana?
な.
What is the hiragana character for ‘se’?
せ.
Multiple Choice: Which character represents the sound ‘te’? A) て B) てい C) ト
A) て.
Fill in the blank: The hiragana character ‘よ’ represents the sound _____ .
yo.
What is the hiragana character for ‘fu’?
ふ.
True or False: Hiragana is always written in a straight line.
False.
What is the hiragana character for ‘a’?
あ.
How do you write ‘ro’ in hiragana?
ろ.
What is the hiragana character for ‘chi’?
ち.
Fill in the blank: The sound ‘ka’ is represented by the hiragana character _____ .
か.
What is the hiragana character for ‘e’?
え.
Multiple Choice: Which of the following represents the sound ‘no’? A) の B) ね C) のう
A) の.
What does the hiragana character ‘わ’ represent?
‘wa’.
How do you write the sound ‘ta’ in hiragana?
た.
True or False: Hiragana can be used to write onomatopoeia.
True.
What is the hiragana character for ‘ki’?
き.
Fill in the blank: The hiragana character ‘み’ represents the sound _____ .
mi.
What is the hiragana character for ‘so’?
そ.
How do you write ‘ne’ in hiragana?
ね.
Multiple Choice: Which character represents the sound ‘mo’? A) も B) ま C) み
A) も.
True or False: Hiragana is purely a phonetic script.
True.
What is the hiragana character for ‘u’?
う.
How do you write ‘sa’ in hiragana?
さ.
