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Alphabetical Order

How to arrange alphabetically in the Japanese language

It's important to know the alphabetical order in the Japanese language. Dictionaries,
phonebooks and lists are all arranged alphabetically.

Here you can get the complete list and learn the rules.

How it is called 俺物語!!

My Love Story!!
[Manga/Anime]

The alphabetical order is called 五十音順(gojū-on jun) literally means "50 sound order" Very sweet romantic
or あいうえお順(aiueo jun) "aiueo order". comedy.
Good material for learning
the lifestyle of teenagers.

Basic Order
Trailer

First, you should know the order of 五十音(gojū-on).

あ　い　う　え　お

か　き　く　け　こ
Opening
さ　し　す　せ　そ

た　ち　つ　て　と

な　に　ぬ　ね　の

は　ひ　ふ　へ　ほ Nice Scene

Wikipedia
ま　み　む　め　も
Anime News Network

や　ゆ　よ

ら　り　る　れ　ろ

わ　を　ん

Tips

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Always check how the word is spelled in Hiragana.

In Katakana, all long vowels are indicated by "ー". But in Hiragana, they are spelled as
BABYMETAL
they sound - "あ(a)", "い(i)", "う(u)", "え(e)" or "お(o)". [Hard Rock Music]

A new style of music "Kawaii

Katakana Hiragana Metal" - cute girls' vocal +
heavy metal sound of super
ラーメン(rāmen) らあめん(rāmen) technicians.
Album "Metal Resistance"
チーズ (chiizu) ちいず(chiizu) has ranked #2 on US Hard
Rock/UK Rock charts.
スープ (sūpu) すうぷ(sūpu)

ケーキ (kēki) けえき(kēki)

ソーダ (sōda) そおだ (sōda)

KARATE
Exercise

Q Which is in front in alphabetical order, かど(kado) or カード(kādo)?

A カード (かあど in Hiragana).

ギミチョコ！！
Gimme chocolate!!

Complete Order
THE ONE

Official Site
There are more letters to be considered.
Wikipedia
YouTube Official Channel
Complete order with all Hiragana letters is... iTunes

あ　ぁ　い　ぃ　う　ぅ　う゛　え　ぇ　お　ぉ

か　が　き　ぎ　く　ぐ　け　げ　こ　ご

さ　ざ　し　じ　す　ず　せ　ぜ　そ　ぞ

た　だ　ち　ぢ　つ　っ　づ　て　で　と　ど

な　に　ぬ　ね　の　は　ば　ぱ　ひ　び　ぴ　ふ　ぶ　ぷ　へ　べ　ぺ　ほ　ぼ　ぽ

ま　み　む　め　も

や　ゃ　ゆ　ゅ　よ　ょ

ら　り　る　れ　ろ

わ　を　ん
鉄拳
Take this as a general guideline. Some dictionaries arrange by their own way. Tekken
[Flip Animation Artist]

If you would like to know the rules, read the following. Tekken's hand-drawn
simple animation tells the
story so well without saying
a word.
Some of his works are used
for official music videos of
British rock band MUSE.

Rule 1: 濁音(daku-on)

Letters with dots called 濁音(daku-on) come after their original forms.

For example, the order of は行(ha-gyō) / ha-row after applying this rule is... "Exogenesis Symphony Part
3 (Redemption)" by MUSE

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は　ば　ひ　び　ふ　ぶ　へ　べ　ほ　ぼ

Exercise
"Follow Me" by MUSE
Q Which is in front, かけい(kakei) or かげん(kagen)?

A かけい(kakei).

"プレゼント [Present]"
by SEKAI NO OWARI

Wikipedia

Rule 2: 半濁音(han-daku-on)

Letters with a circle called 半濁音(han-daku-on) come after their 濁音(daku-on) forms.

For example, the order of は行(ha-gyō) / ha-row after applying this rule is...

は　ば　ぱ　ひ　び　ぴ　ふ　ぶ　ぷ　へ　べ　ぺ　ほ　ぼ　ぽ

Exercise

Q What is the order among てんぷら(tenpura), てんびん(tenbin) and てんぴ(tenpi)?

A てんびん(tenbin), てんぴ(tenpi), てんぷら(tenpura).

Rule 3: 拗音(yō-on)

拗音(yō-on) ゃ(small ya), ゅ(small yu) and ょ(small yo) come right after their original
form.

For example, the order of や行(ya-gyō) / ya-row after applying this rule is...

や　ゃ　ゆ　ゅ　よ　ょ

Exercise

What is the order among きんきゅう(kinkyū), きんきょう(kinkyō) and きんきちほう

Q
(kinkichihō)?

A きんきちほう(kinkichihō), きんきゅう(kinkyū), きんきょう(kinkyō).

Rule 4: 促音(soku-on)

促音(soku-on) indicated by っ(small tsu) comes right after its original form つ (tsu).

The order of た行(ta-gyō) / ta-row after applying this rule is...

た　だ　ち　ぢ　つ　っ　づ　て　で　と　ど

Exercise

Q What is the order among しっぱい(shippai), しゅっちょう(shucchō) and しょっぱい

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(shoppai)?

A しっぱい(shippai), しゅっちょう(shucchō), しょっぱい(shoppai).

Rule 5: Other Foreign Sounds

There are some more letters which are developed to describe foreign loaned sounds. In
general, these are described only in Katakana.

ぁ(small a), ぃ(small i), ぅ(small u), ぇ(small e) and ぉ(small o) come right after their
original forms.

う゛(v) comes after ぅ(small u).

The order of あ行(a-gyō) / a-row after applying these rules is...

あ　ぁ　い　ぃ　う　ぅ　う゛　え　ぇ　お　ぉ

Exercise

What is the order among スウェット(suwetto), スウェーデン(suwēden), and スヴェン

Q
ソン(suvenson)?

A スウェーデン(suwēden), スウェット(suwetto), スヴェンソン(suvenson).

Related Topics

Hiragana
Katakana
Hiragana Course

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