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日本語

あ (a) · い (i) · う (u) · え (e) · お (o) · か (ka) · き (ki) · く (ku) · け (ke) · こ (ko) · さ (sa) · し (shi) · す (su) · せ (se) · そ (so) · た (ta) · ち (chi) · つ (tsu) · て (te) · と (to) · な (na) · に (ni) · ぬ (nu) · ね (ne) · の (no) · は (ha) · ひ (hi) · ふ (fu) · へ (he) · ほ (ho) · ま (ma) · み (mi) · む (mu) · め (me) · も (mo) · や (ya) · ゆ (yu) · よ (yo) · ら (ra) · り (ri) · る (ru) · れ (re) · ろ (ro) · わ (wa) · を (o) · ん (n) The five vowels あ・い・う・え・お are short and clear; う has less lip rounding than English “oo”: うみ (sea). Long vowels last twice as long: おばさん (aunt) versus おばあさん (grandmother). Small っ marks a pause before the next consonant: きて (come) versus きって (stamp). ら・り・る・れ・ろ use a brief tongue tap, not an English r: りんご (apple). し is shi, ち is chi, and つ is tsu: すし (sushi), ちず (map), つき (moon). The particles は, へ, を are pronounced wa, e, o: わたしは学校へ行きます (I go to school).

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Original Spootyfi beginner exercises · CC BY 4.0. Curriculum structure informed by CEFR and Wiktionary; Japanese kana, Chinese pinyin, Urdu script and Punjabi Gurmukhi. Speech voices vary by device.

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