\u5c0f\u3055\u3044\ Little Hiragana Book illustrator/author: Cody Rodefer
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with immense praise and special thanks to: Tasuku Agari \u4e0a\u91cc\u7950 (\u3042\u304c and also for helping: Douglas Rountree Dr. Segi
\u3042 \u308a (ah) ant
ari
\u3044 \u (ee) dog
\u3046 \u307e (oo) horse
uma
\u304 ebi (eh) shrimp
に
oni (oh) ogre
い
kai shell note: all but one of the Japanese letters have the the a, i, u, e, or o sound in them, as in ah, ee, oo, eh, and oh.
ki tree note: the kanji (chinese character) for is
ま
kuma bear
ke hair
い
koi Koi
る
saru monkey
か
shika deer
い か
suika watermelon
み
semi cicada
ら
sora sky
こ
tako octopus
ょ う
chou butterfly
note: has the sound “chi” in English, but can be combined with other characters to make the sounds “chu” and “cho”, but not “che”, which does not exist in Japanese:
き
tsuki moon
note: the “tsu” sound does not exist in English
ん し
tenshi angel
ら
tora tiger
し nashi Japanese pear
わ と り
niwatori chicken
い ぐ る み
nuigurumi stuffed animal
こ
neko cat
こ ぎ り
nokogiri saw
っ ぱ
happa leaf note: the '' '' in
is actually a small tsu, which simply doubles the consonant sound after it.
hi fire
う せ ん
fuusen balloon
た
heta snake
し
hoshi star
ぐ ろ maguro tuna
か ん
mikan Mandarin Orange
し
mushi insect
me (meh) eye
り
mori forest
yama mountain
yuki snow
う ち ゅ う youchuu larva; caterpillar; chrysalis
ん ご
ringo apple
す
rusu
absence;being away from home note: No one is home is
い
rei 0
う そ く
rousoku candle
た し
watashi I
”
”と ” か ”
“ never ” start words. “is ”not in any words, The letters “ and ” and is used to mark objects of verbs. a grunt It is spelled wo sometimes, but sounds like can o. “ make ” n sound, like going mmm quickly only with n, not m. It can also make the n sound like in drippin', or be part of the ng sound, like in manga.
