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    The document introduces hiragana, the phonetic syllabary used in everyday Japanese texts. It explains that hiragana must be learned first before studying other aspects of Japanese. It then provides a table with the 46 basic hiragana characters and their pronunciations. It encourages learning hiragana with patience, like learning the English alphabet as a child. Additional notes recommend practicing hiragana recognition using an online timer test.

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    The document introduces hiragana, the phonetic syllabary used in everyday Japanese texts. It explains that hiragana must be learned first before studying other aspects of Japanese. It then provides a table with the 46 basic hiragana characters and their pronunciations. It encourages learning hiragana with patience, like learning the English alphabet as a child. Additional notes recommend practicing hiragana recognition using an online timer test.

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    Hiragana - The first step to Japanese

    *In charts below, some readings are incorrect, so look


    at the readings that I typed out throughout the doc.
    What is hiragana and why is it important?
    Hiragana are Japanese syllables. It’s used in everyday
    Japanese texts, documents, etc. You need to learn
    hiragana first before you learn anything else.

    Hiragana has many functions, such as indicating how a


    kanji is pronounced, indicating particles, changing
    verb tenses, and much more.

    You might realize that some sounds are missing from


    that chart, but that’s because there are things called
    dakuten (looks like quotation marks in the top right
    corner:
    Ex. ぎ) and handakuten (looks like a circle Ex: ぱ).
    You don’t have to worry about these for now. Just
    focus on the 46 syllables used in modern Japanese.

    Don’t be discouraged if you’re not learning as fast as


    you thought you were going to. Just think of it like
    learning another English alphabet. When we were kids,
    we didn’t learn the alphabet immediately. It was a
    gradual process and we were able to learn it because
    we were patient and invested time into it. Trust me,
    when you master hiragana, you’ll feel very
    accomplished.

    *Note — Don’t take breaks like the documents say. You


    want to get hiragana done quickly.

    あ - a
    い - i
    う - u
    え - e
    お - o

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1muxTHS0NqIzKPUSted
    ahoTRbvQRlUlQi0J3XMPi-DJE/edit
    か - ka
    き - ki
    く - ku
    け - ke
    こ - ko

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/164N1iT19YGaMpmImyS
    ONvLntsi8gehmQZU0GJLHC_q8/edit?usp=sharing

    さ - sa
    し - shi
    す - su
    せ - se
    そ - so

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zii4XH0bGOXAoYUTRy
    -bAZCo1SuKbiWZIoodJbWKMDA/edit?usp=sharing

    た - ta
    ち - chi
    つ - tsu
    て - te
    と - to

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/12IIGe4lP212Twq3DSn
    hNzf6u8mVwYWoXLAEuG1DH1Js/edit?usp=sharing

    な - na
    に - ni
    ぬ - nu
    ね - ne
    の - no

    は - ha
    ひ - hi
    ふ - fu
    へ - he
    ほ - ho
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x4bretsJKt7R_zWh9a
    64aRK4qiY-JU6qYQe-68Qp-WM/edit?usp=sharing

    ま - ma
    み - mi
    む - mu
    め - me
    も - mo

    や - ya
    ゆ - yu
    よ - yo

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1235hPLUNyaiyPf--_1
    jkrv9wpcVXLwnPw3ACx4KBIRQ/edit?usp=sharing

    ら - ra
    り - ri
    る - ru
    れ - re
    ろ - ro

    わ - wa
    を - wo
    ん - n

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fKOrg5X5UkyZ6EhOMR
    a0qlr2jtVwrLQSHYk1iL9-ovQ/edit?usp=sharing

    Use this site to see if you can get all 46 if you feel
    like you’re ready.
    https://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/sheaa/projects/genki/hirag
    ana-timer.html

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