Japanese Alphabet

To learn Japanese language, Alphabets are the main part of language learning. Here you learn Japanese alphabet/Japanese letter. If you are interested to learn Japanese language, this place will help you to learn Japanese alphabet/character in Japanese and their pronunciation in English. Language is a communication tool in which knowledge, emotions and feeling convey to others. To learn Japanese language, first we learn Japanese alphabets and then learn Japanese alphabets with words and images and their pronunciation in English. Common vocabulary is one of the important sections. Common Vocabulary contains common words that we can used in daily life conversations. Japanese language is one of the popular languages in the world population. Japanese language is spoken in Japan, more than 120 million (about 90%) people speaks Japanese, total world population. Japanese language is one of the most influential languages in the world.

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Japanese alphabet is called 日本語のアルファベット (Nihongo no arufabetto). Japanese vowels are known as 母音 (Boin) and Japanese consonants are known as 子音 (Shiin). Japanese Alphabet has 46 letters/ characters and is a syllabic script. Japanese Alphabet has two types-

KANA & KANJI

• combination of chinese characters called kanji • Kana has two types Hiragana, Katakana

> Hiragana is a curved script > Katakana is an angular script

Japanese Vowels / 母音 Boin

Japanese Alphabet have 5 vowels. Here you learn Japanese vowels and their pronunciation and examples.

VOWELS - 母音 Boin

VOWEL	PRONUNCIATION	EXAMPLE
a	ah	car
e	ea	end
i	ie	kiss
o	oh	copy
u	oo	music

Japanese Consonants / 子音 Shiin

Japanese consonants are known as 子音 (Shiin). There are two types Hiragana, Katakana. Hiragana is a curved script and Katakana is an angular script as below

Hiragana

CONSONANTS
JAPANESE ALPHABETS
日本語のアルファベット Nihongo no arufabetto

Hiragana (ひらがな)

	あ a	い i	う u	え e	お o
k	か ka	き ki	く ku	け ke	こ ko
s	さ sa	し shi	す su	せ se	そ so
t	た ta	ち chi	つ tsu	て te	と to
n	な na	に ni	ぬ nu	ね ne	の no
h	は ha	ひ hi	ふ fu	へ he	ほ ho
m	ま ma	み mi	む mu	め me	も mo
y	や ya		ゆ yu		よ yo
r	ら ra	り ri	る ru	れ re	ろ ro
w	わ wa				を wo
n	ん n

Katakana

CONSONANTS
JAPANESE ALPHABETS
日本語のアルファベット Nihongo no arufabetto

Katakana (カタカナ)

	ア a	イ i	ウ u	エ e	オ o
k	カ ka	キ ki	ク ku	ケ ke	コ ko
s	サ sa	シ shi	ス su	セ se	ソ so
t	タ ta	チ chi	ツ tsu	テ te	ト to
n	ナ na	ニ ni	ヌ nu	ネ ne	ノ no
h	ハ ha	ヒ hi	フ fu	ヘ he	ホ ho
m	マ ma	ミ mi	ム mu	メ me	モ mo
y	ヤ ya		ユ yu		ヨ yo
r	ラ ra	リ ri	ル ru	レ re	ロ ro
w	ワ wa				ヲ wo
n	ン n

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Top 1000 Japanese words

Here you learn top 1000 Japanese words, that is separated into sections to learn easily (Simple words, Easy words, Medium words, Hard Words, Advanced Words). These words are very important in daily life conversations, basic level words are very helpful for beginners. All words have Japanese meanings with transliteration.

Eat	食べる shiberu
All	全て quante
New	新着 xin zhe
Snore	いびき ibiki
Fast	速い sui
Help	ヘルプ herupu
Pain	痛み tongmi
Rain	雨 yu
Pride	誇り kuari
Sense	検出 jian chu
Large	大きい dakii
Skill	スキル sukiru
Panic	パニック panikku
Thank	感謝 gan xie
Desire	欲望 yu wang
Woman	女性 nu xing
Hungry	お腹がすいた o fugasuita

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Daily use Japanese Sentences

Here you learn top Japanese sentences, these sentences are very important in daily life conversations, and basic-level sentences are very helpful for beginners. All sentences have Japanese meanings with transliteration.

Good morning	おはようございます Ohayogozaimasu
What is your name	お名前は何ですか Onamaehanandesuka
What is your problem	あなたの問題は何ですか？ anatano wen tiha hedesuka?
I hate you	わたしは、あなたが大嫌いです Watashi wa, anata ga daikiraidesu
I love you	わたしは、あなたを愛しています Watashi wa, anata o aishiteimasu
Can I help you	いかがなさいましたか？ ikaganasaimashitaka?
I am sorry	ごめんなさい gomen'nasai
I want to sleep	寝たい qintai
This is very important	これは非常に重要です Kore wa hijo ni juyodesu
Are you hungry	お腹Hあすきましたか？ o fuHasukimashitaka?
How is your life	あなたの人生はどうですか？ anatano ren shenghadoudesuka?
I am going to study	私は勉強するつもりです siha mian qiangsurutsumoridesu