In this lesson of pronunciation, you will learn to pronounce another the last sixteen characters of the basic Hiragana set. You will learn some more vocabulary at the same time.
Each character is read together with an example. Start listening, and follow the table from left to right, one row at a time.
| ま | み | む | め | も |
| まめ |
みかん | むし | めがね |
もも |
| ma / mame | mi / mikan | mu / mushi | me / megane | mo / momo |
| Bean | Mandarin | Insect | Glasses | Peach |
| ら |
り |
る |
れ |
ろ |
| らいおん* | りんご |
るび * |
れもん* | ろけっと * |
| ra / raion | ri / ringo | ru / rubi |
re / remon | ro / roketto |
| Lion | Apple | Ruby | Lemon |
Rocket |
| わ |
を |
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| わさび |
りんごをたべる |
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| wa / wasabi |
o / ringo o taberu | |||
| Japanese horse raddish |
(to) eat (an) apple |
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| ん |
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| ぱん |
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| n / pan |
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| Bread |
Please note that the words marked with * are usually written using katakana. We have written them in hiragana here to make it easier for you to learn a complete set of hiragana characters.
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4:34 pm on June 10th, 2011
nice!
11:50 am on August 21st, 2010
Mikan yeah yeah XD
4:22 pm on April 24th, 2010
Arigato!!! This helps so much!!!
I think I might Actually make it now
4:22 pm on April 24th, 2010
Arigato!!! This helps so much!!!
I think I might Actually make it now
8:37 pm on March 16th, 2010
A rule I read for ん is pronounced like m sound.
It happens when ん come before m, b, or p.
Examples:
konbanwa – こんばんは = Good evening
tenpura – てんぷら 天ぷら = battered fried vegtable/meat
genmai – げんまい 玄米 = unmilled rice
3:09 am on February 21st, 2010
Thanks tony!
8:31 am on February 20th, 2010
Probably the closest one could get in sound would be “meimii” (めいみい in hiragana, メイミー in katakana), but a nihonjin might pronounce it “meemii” instead (めえみい in hiragana, メーミー in katakana).
5:46 am on February 20th, 2010
So what would my name be in Japanese?
Mamie = May+Me
Anyone know?
Arigato!
8:36 pm on January 24th, 2010
I’ve never tried it, but my brother did. He said it was so hot he nearly vomitted. Ewww…
9:27 pm on January 17th, 2010
i think it’s gonna take time to learn all of these properly
3:07 am on December 25th, 2009
this helped so much!!!
7:16 pm on October 6th, 2009
I love Japanese!
6:44 pm on June 29th, 2009
3:55 pm on February 18th, 2009
Thank-you!
4:55 pm on December 24th, 2008