Japanese Alphabet

Today I will teach you the Japanese alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Japanese letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Japanese contains 26 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.

あ	[a] like ask
い	[i] like ink
う	[oo] like tool
え	[e] like egg
お	[o] like old
は	[ha] like hard
ひ	[hi] like hips
ふ	[fu] like full
へ	[he] like help
ほ	[ho] like home
か	[ka] like Mecca
き	[ki] like kiss
く	[ko] like cook
け	[ke] like ken
こ	[ko] like cold
ま	[ma] like mask
み	[mi] like mill
む	[mu] like mule
め	[me] like men
も	[mo] like more
さ	[sa] like sat
し	[shi] like ship
す	[su] like suit
せ	[se] like set
そ	[so] like soy
や	[ya] like yard
ゆ	[yu] like you
よ	[yo] like yoga
た	[ta] like task
ち	[chi] like chin
つ	[tsu] like tsunami
て	[te] like ten
と	[to] like top
ら	[ra] like rank
り	[ri] like ring
る	[ru] like ruby
れ	[re] like red
ろ	[ro] like rope
な	[na] like now
に	[ni] like niece
ぬ	[nu] like nude
ね	[ne] like net
の	[no] like knock
わ	[wa] like what
ゐ	[wi] like wing
ん	[n] like nice
ゑ	[we] like wet
を	[wo] like won

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