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Hiragana & Katakana Worksheet 202101 Hiragana and Katakana worksheets ひらがな カタカナ 1. Three types of letters ··········································· 1 ＿ 2. Roma-ji, Hiragana and Katakana ·························· 2 3. Hiragana worksheets and quizzes ························ 3-9 4. The rules in Hiragana···································· 10-11 5. The rules in Katakana ········································ 12 6. Katakana worksheets and quizzes ··················· 12-22 Japanese Language School, Tokyo, Japan Meguro Language Center TEL.: 03-3493-3727 E-mail: [email protected] https://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp Meguro Language Center There are three types of letters in Japanese. 1. Hiragana (phonetic sounds) are basically used for particles, words and parts of words. 2. Katakana (phonetic sounds) are basically used for foreign/loan words. 3. Kanji (Chinese characters) are used for the stem of words and convey the meaning as well as sound. Hiragana is basically used to express 46 different sounds used in the Japanese language. We suggest you start learning Hiragana, then Katakana and then Kanji. If you learn Hiragana first, it will be easier to learn Katakana next. Hiragana will help you learn Japanese pronunciation properly, read Japanese beginners' textbooks and write sentences in Japanese. Japanese will become a lot easier to study after having learned Hiragana. Also, as you will be able to write sentences in Japanese, you will be able to write E-mails in Hiragana. Katakana will help you read Japanese menus at restaurants. Hiragana and Katakana will be a good help to your Japanese study and confortable living in Japan. To master Hiragana, it is important to practice writing Hiragana. Revision is also very important - please go over what you have learned several times. 1 Meguro Language Center ＿ Roma-ji, Hiragana and Katakana A I U E O - a あ ア i い イ u う ウ e え エ o お オ K ka か カ kｉ き キ ku く ク ke け ケ ko こ コ S sa さ サ shｉ し シ su す ス se せ セ so そ ソ T ta た タ chｉ ち チ tsu つ ツ te て テ to と ト N na な ナ nｉ に ニ nu ぬ ヌ ne ね ネ no の ノ H ha は ハ hｉ ひ ヒ fu ふ フ he へ ヘ ho ほ ホ M ma ま マ mｉ み ミ mu む ム me め メ mo も モ Y ya や ヤ yu ゆ ユ yo よ ヨ R ra ら ラ ri り リ ru る ル re れ レ ro ろ ロ W wa わ ワ o を ヲ - n,m ん ン “n” before b, m and p becomes “m” wichi is pronounced like “m” in “sample”. n m Ｇ ga が ガ gi ぎ ギ gu ぐ グ ge げ ゲ go ご ゴ Ｚ za ざ ザ ji じ ジ zu ず ズ ze ぜ ゼ zo ぞ ゾ Ｄ da だ ダ ji ぢ ヂ zu づ ヅ de で デ do ど ド Ｂ ba ば バ bｉ び ビ bu ぶ ブ be べ ベ bo ぼ ボ P pa ぱ パ pｉ ぴ ピ pu ぷ プ pe ぺ ペ po ぽ ポ kya きゃ キャ kyu きゅ キュ kyo きょ キョ sha しゃ シャ shu しゅ シュ sho しょ ショ cha ちゃ チャ chu ちゅ チュ cho ちょ チョ nya にゃ ニャ nyu にゅ ニュ nyo にょ ニョ hya ひゃ ヒャ hyu ひゅ ヒュ hyo ひょ ヒョ mya みゃ ミャ myu みゅ ミュ myo みょ ミョ rya りゃ リャ ryu りゅ リュ ryo りょ リョ gya ぎゃ ギャ gyu ぎゅ ギュ gyo ぎょ ギョ ja じゃ ジャ ju じゅ ジュ jo じょ ジョ bya びゃ ビャ byu びゅ ビュ byo びょ ビョ pya ぴゃ ピャ pyu ぴゅ ピュ pyo ぴょ ピョ Foreign words representation by Katakana she シェ che チェ je ジェ tsa ツァ tse ツェ tso ツォ fa ファ fi フィ fe フェ fo フォ ti ティ dhi ディ dyu デュ wi ウィ we ウェ wo ウォ quo クォ va ヴァ vi ヴィ ve ヴェ vo ヴォ 2 Meguro Language Center Printing ② あ あ あ あ あ a ① ③ あ あ ① ② い い い い い i い い ① う う う う う u ② う う ① え え え え え e ② え え ② ③ お お お お お o お ①お ② ① ③ か か か か か ka か か ③ ① き き き き き ki き ②き ① く く く く く ku く く ① ③ ② け け け け け ke け け ① こ こ こ こ こ ko こ ②こ [QUIZ] Write the following words in hiragana. 1. aka (red) 5. ie (house) 2. ao (blue) 6. kaki (oyster) ＿ 3. aki (autumn) 7. okii (big) 4. eki (station) 8. ue (on top) 3 Meguro Language Center Simillar ② さ さ さ さ さ Hiragana sa ① →き き さ さ ① し し し し し shi し し ② す す す す す su ① す す ③ ② せ せ せ せ せ se せ ①せ ① そ そ そ そ そ so そ そ そ OK [QUIZ] 1. asa (morning) 3. shio (salt) 2. osushi (o-sushi) 4. osake (sake) すし ② ① た た た た た ta た た③ ④ ② ち ち ち ち ち →さ さ chi ① ち ち つ つ つ つ つ tsu つ ①つ ① て て て て て te て て ① と と と と と to と と② [QUIZ] 1. ashita (tomorrow) 3. tokei (watch) 2. chikatetsu (subway) 4. kutsu (shoes) 4 Meguro Language Center ② ① ③ な な な な な →た na な な④ ① ② に に に に に ni に に③ ① ② ぬ ぬ ぬ ぬ ぬ nu ぬ ぬ ① ね ね ね ね ね ne ② ね ね ① の の の の の no の の [QUIZ] 1. kono neko (this cat) 3. sono inu (that dog) 2. nani (what) 4. niku (meat) ③ ha は ①は ② は は は は は →け *wa ひ ひ ひ ひ ひ hi ひ ①ひ ① ふ ふ ふ ふ ふ ② fu ③ ④ ふ ふ へ へ へ へ へ he へ ①へ ② ④ ① ほ ほ ほ ほ ほ ho ほ ③ ほ →けは [QUIZ] ■ Note that the particle WA is represented by は, the E is represented by へ． 1. fune (ship) 3. hito (people) 2. hoshi (star) 4. hako (box) 5 Meguro Language Center ③ ① ま ま ま ま ま ma ま ②ま ① ② み み み み み mi み み ② む む む む む mu ① ③ む む ① ② め め め め め →ぬ me め め ① →ま ② も も も も も mo も ③も [QUIZ] 1. ame (rain) 3. mushi (insect) 2. namae (name) 4. Moshi moshi (Hello) ③ ② や や や や や ya ① や や ① ② ゆ ゆ ゆ ゆ ゆ yu ゆ ゆ ② ① よ よ よ よ よ →ま yo よ よ [QUIZ] 1. yasumi (day off) 3. fuyu (winter) 2. yuki (snow) ― ― ■ Note that u and o are represented by adding う. ＿ ＿ 1. yumei (famous) 3. kino (yesterday) ＿ ＿ ＿ 2. yofuku (Western clothes) 4. kuko (airport) 6 Meguro Language Center ① ら ら ら ら ら →ち ra ② ら ら ① ② り り り り り →い ri り り ① る る る る る ru る る ① ② れ れ れ れ れ →ね re れ れ ① ろ ろ ろ ろ ろ →る ro ろ ろ ① わ わ わ わ わ →ねれ wa わ ②わ ② ① を を を を を o を を③ particle ① ん ん ん ん ん n, m ん ん [QUIZ] ■ Note that the particle O is represented by を, not お． 1. kore (this) 5. kuro (black) 2. sore (that) 6. kuruma (car) ＿ 3. Sayonara (Goodbye) 7. watashi (I) 4. hon (book) 8. Sumimasen (I’m sorry.) [QUIZ] Similar characters (Write the following characters in hiragana.) a/o ki/sa chi/ra ta/na me/nu i/ri ma/mo ru/ro ke/ha/ho wa/re/ne 7 Meguro Language Center ga が が が [QUIZ] gi ぎ ぎ ぎ 1. mado (window) gu ぐ ぐ ぐ ge げ げ げ 2. mada (not yet) go ご ご ご 3. sugoi (great) za ざ ざ ざ ＿ ji じ じ じ 4. Arigatogozaimasu. (Thank you.) zu ず ず ず ze ぜ ぜ ぜ 5. denwa (telephone) zo ぞ ぞ ぞ 6. Komban wa. particle da だ だ だ ji ぢ ぢ ぢ 7. shimbun (newspaper) zu づ づ づ de で で で 8. tomodachi (friend) do ど ど ど ＿ 9. ginko (bank) ba ば ば ば bi び び び 10. chizu (map) bu ぶ ぶ ぶ be べ べ べ bo ぼ ぼ ぼ pa ぱ ぱ ぱ pi ぴ ぴ ぴ pu ぷ ぷ ぷ pe ぺ ぺ ぺ po ぽ ぽ ぽ 8 Meguro Language Center kya きゃ きゃ gya ぎゃ ぎゃ kyu きゅ きゅ gyu ぎゅ ぎゅ kyo きょ きょ gyo ぎょ ぎょ sha しゃ しゃ ja じゃ じゃ shu しゅ しゅ ju じゅ じゅ sho しょ しょ jo じょ じょ cha ちゃ ちゃ nya にゃ にゃ chu ちゅ ちゅ nyu にゅ にゅ cho ちょ ちょ nyo にょ にょ hya ひゃ ひゃ bya びゃ びゃ hyu ひゅ ひゅ byu びゅ びゅ hyo ひょ ひょ byo びょ びょ pya ぴゃ ぴゃ mya みゃ みゃ pyu ぴゅ ぴゅ myu みゅ みゅ pyo ぴょ ぴょ myo みょ みょ rya りゃ りゃ ryu りゅ りゅ ryo りょ りょ [QUIZ] ＿ ＿ ＿ 1. Tokyo 4. shumatsu (weekend) ＿ 2. jusho (address) 5. shashin (photo) 3. Ja, mata. (See you.) 6. shukudai (homework) 9 Meguro Language Center The rules in Hiragana (1) Long vowels ＿ ① a is represented by adding あ. ＿ ＿ ＿ okasan (mother) おかあさん、 mama (so-so) ＿ ② ii and i are represented by adding い.
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