Could someone possibly explain to me the Japanese alphabets and how letters/words work in Japanese? I have been trying to learn on my own and am just a bit confused. Any little bit of information helps. Thanks!

13 Dec 2018

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Well. There are 3 alphabets in Japanese. Hiragana (ひらがな), Katakana (カタカナ), and Kanji (漢字). The alphabet Hiragana is used for phonetically spelling out Japanese words, conjunction words, and suffixes. The alphabet Katakana is used for foreign words, names, or sounds. All these letters come in syllables. However, Kanji is not a phonetic syllabary. Kanji are Chinese characters that can have two pronunciations: On'yomi pronunciation and Kun'yomi pronunciation. Kanji are used for base words, native Japanese names, etc.

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13 Dec 2018

English (US) Urdu Near fluent

Well. There are 3 alphabets in Japanese. Hiragana (ひらがな), Katakana (カタカナ), and Kanji (漢字). The alphabet Hiragana is used for phonetically spelling out Japanese words, conjunction words, and suffixes. The alphabet Katakana is used for foreign words, names, or sounds. All these letters come in syllables. However, Kanji is not a phonetic syllabary. Kanji are Chinese characters that can have two pronunciations: On'yomi pronunciation and Kun'yomi pronunciation. Kanji are used for base words, native Japanese names, etc.

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13 Dec 2018

Japanese

hiragana katakana
あいうえおアイウエオ
(sound) a i u e o

かきくけこカキクケコ
ka ki ku ke ko

さしすせそサシスセソ
sa shi su se so

たちつてとタチツテト
ta chi tsu te to

なにぬねのナニヌネノ
na ni nu ne no

はひふへほハヒフヘホ
ha hi hu he ho

まみむめもマミムメモ
ma mi mu me mo

やゆよヤユヨ
ya yu yo

らりるれろラリルレロ
ra ri ru re ro

わをワヲ
wa wo

んン
n

ばびぶべぼバビブベボ
ba bi bu be bo

ぱぴぷぺぽパピプペポ
pa pi pu pe po

If you want to say, 'dog,' dog is いぬ in Japanese, so you pronounce 'i nu.'

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