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Grade: Year: Term:

My Hiragana

Workbook!

日本語

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a あ

‘a’isforantennauponaroof.

i い

u う

e え

o お

ka か

ki き

ku く

ke け

ko こ

QUIZ!Writethefol lowingJapanesewords inh iragana.Onecharacterperbox!

aka(red) aki(autumn) ao(blue)

ie(house) ike(pond) koe(voice)

あ

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sa さ

shi し

su す

se せ

so そ

ta た

chi ち

tsu つ

te て

to と

QUIZ!Writethefol lowingwords inh iragana

asa(morning) sake chikatetsu(subway)

seki(cough) tokei(watch)

kutsu(shoes)

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na な

ni に

nu ぬ

ne ね

no の

ha は

*NOTE:Whenyousee‘wa’writtenbyitself,usetheはcharacter.Eg–‘watashiwa’iswrittenわたしは

hi ひ

fu ふ

he へ

ho ほ

QUIZ!Writethefol lowingwords inh iragana

kononeko(thiscat) anata(you) heso(navel)

hito(people) nani(what) fuku(chothes)

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ma ま

mi み

mu む

me め

mo も

QUIZ!Writethefol lowingwords inh iragana

ame(rain) miso

meishi(businesscard) mushi(insect)

ya や

yu ゆ

yo よ

QUIZ!Writethefol lowingwords inh iragana

yasumi(dayoff) yuki(snow)

fuyu(winter) yakiniku

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ra ら

ri り

ru る

re れ

ro ろ

wa わ

wo を

*Neveruseをwhenspellingaword.It’sonlyeverusedbyitself.

n ん

QUIZ!Writethefol lowingwords inh iragana

kore(this) sore(that) wakai(young)

yakitori ramen watashi(I) QUIZ!Similarcharacters–Writethefol lowingcharacters inh iragana.Payattentiontowhatmakesthemdifferent.

a/o ki/sa chi/ra ta/name/nu i/ri ma/mo ru/roke/ha/ho wa/re/ne

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TenTen”andMaruoByaddingtenten“ormaruotocharacterswealreadyknow,weget23newsoundswithouthavingtolearn23newcharacters!

Newsound Character Pract iceOrig inalsound

ga が ka

gi ぎ

gu ぐ

ge げ

go ご

za ざ

ji じ

zu ず

ze ぜ

zo ぞ

pa ぱ pi ぴ pu ぷ pe ぺ po ぽ

da だ de で do ど

ba ば bi び bu ぶ be べ bo ぼ

douzoyoroshiku

arigatougozaimasu

hajimemashite

mado(window)

mada(notyet)

ginkou(bank)

shinbun(newspapaer)

tomodachi(friend)

ginza

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CombinationSounds

kya きゃ

kyu きゅ

kyo きょ

gya ぎゃ

gyu ぎゅ

gyo ぎょ

sha しゃ shu しゅ sho しょ

cha ちゃ chu ちゅ cho ちょ

mya みゃ

myu みゅ

myo みょ

nya にゃ

nyu にゅ

nyo にょ

hya ひゃ

hyu ひゅ

hyo ひょ

pya ぴゃ

pyu ぴゅ

pyo ぴょ

bya びゃ

byu びゅ

byo びょ

rya りゃ

ryu りゅ

ryo りょ

ja じゃ

ju じゅ

jo じょ

kanojo(she) juusho(address) kyuuryou(salary)

jamata(seeyouagain) kaisha(company) okyakusan(guest)

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Rules inHiragana

(1)Longvowelsounds(aa, i i , uu,ee,oo)LongvowelsoundscanbewrittenTWOways:1:aa,ii,uu,ee,oo OR shortenedtoavowelwithalineaboveit:ā,ī,ū,ē,ō★aaisrepresentedbyADDINGあ Forexample:okaasan(mother)è おかあさん

Yourturn: māmā(soso)___________________★iiisrepresentedbyADDING い Forexample:oniisan(olderbrother)è おにいさん

Yourturn: ojīsan(grandfather)___________________

★uuisrepresentedbyADDING う Forexample:yuugata(earlyevening)è ゆうがたYourturn: taifū(typhoon)______________________ kūki(air)_____________________________

★ooisrepresentedbyADDING う Forexample:sayoonaraè さようなら

Yourturn: byōin(hospital)______________________ kyō(today)__________________________★Insomewordsitistraditionallywrittenasお Forexample:ookii(big)è おおきい

Yourturn: too(ten)_____________________________ toori(street)__________________________(2)Doubleconsonants(kk,pp,ss,andtt)★Doubleconsonants(kk,pp,ss,andtt)arerepresentedbyADDINGasmallつ(tsu)

Forexample:gakkou(school)è がっこう

Yourturn: ikkai(once)_________________________ roppyakuen(600)_____________________

ikko(onesmallobject)___________________juppun(10min)_____________________ kippu(ticket)__________________________

irasshaimase(welcome)_______________________________________________________

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(3)waasapart ic le iswrittenusingは(ha),notわ(wa).Forexample:Kyouwadoyoubidesu(todayisSaturday)è きょう は どようび です。Yourturn: Watashiwanihonjindesu(I’mJapanese)______________________________________________(4) ‘o ’asapart ic le iswrittenusingを(wo),notお(o).Forexample:Osakeonomimasu(Idrinksake)è おさけ を のみます。Yourturn: Soreomisetekudasai(pleaseshowmethat)__________________________________________

HiraganaReviewQuizWritethefollowingsentencesinromaji(Englishletters).

1. あさって ゆうびんきょくに いきます。

2. ともだちと いっしょに としょかんで べんきょう します。

3. きょう かいしゃ は やすみ で は ありませんでした。

Writethefollowingromanisedsentencesinh iragana.

1. ganbattekudasai.__________________________________________________________________________

2. chottomattekudasai._______________________________________________________________________

3. MegurokaraToukyouekimadedenshade20ppundesu.______________________________________

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