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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page Introduction

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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STUDYSHEET#l ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 A, L U, E, 0, KA, KL KU, KE, KO, GA, GI, GU, GE, GO,

WORKSHEET #1 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 PRACTICE: A, I, U, E, 0, KA, KI, KU, KE, KO, GA, GI, GU, GE, GO, WORKSHEET #2 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 MORE PRACTICE: A, I, U, E, 0, KA, KI, KU, KE, KO, GA, GI, GU, GE, GO, WORKSHEET #3 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 ADDITIONAL PRACTICE: A, I, U, E, 0, KA, KI, KU, KE, KO, GA, GI, GU, GE, GO, STUDYSHEET #2 ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 SA, SHI, SU, SE, SO, ZA, Jl, ZU, ZE, ZO, TA, CHI, TSU, TE, TO, DA, DE, DO

WORKSHEET #4 ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 PRACTICE: SA, SHI, SU, SE, SO, ZA, Jl, ZU, ZE, ZO, TA, CHI, TSU, TE, TO, DA, DE, DO WORKSHEET #5 ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 MORE PRACTICE: SA, SHI, SU, SE, SO, ZA, Jl, ZU, ZE, ZO, TA, CHI, TSU, TE, TO, DA, DE, DO WORKSHEET #6 ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 ADDITIONAL PRACTICE: SA, SHI, SU, SE, SO, ZA, Jl, ZU, ZE, ZO, TA, CHI, TSU, TE, TO, DA, DE, DO STUDYSHEET # 3 ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 NA, NI, NU, NE, NO, HA, HI, FU, HE, HO, BA, BI, BU, BE, BO, PA, PI, PU, PE, PO

WORKSHEET #7 ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 PRACTICE: NA, NI, NU, NE, NO, HA, HI, FU, HE, HO, BA, Bl, BU, BE, BO, PA, PL PU, PE, PO WORKSHEET #8 ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 MORE PRACTICE: NA, NI, NU, NE, NO, HA, HI, FU, HE, HO, BA, Bl, BU, BE, BO, PA, PI, PU, PE, PO WORKSHEET #9 ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 ADDffiONAL PRACTICE: NA, NI, NU, NE, NO, HA, HL FU, HE, HO, BA, Bl, BU, BE, BO, PA, PI, PU, PE, PO STUDYSHEET # 4 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 MA, MI, MU, ME, MO, YA, YU, YO

WORKSHEET #10 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 PRACTICE: MA, ML MU, ME, MO, YA, YU, YO WORKSHEET #11 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 MORE PRACTICE: MA, MI, MU, ME, MO, YA, YU, YO WORKSHEET #12 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 ADDITIONAL PRACTICE: MA, MI, MU, ME, MO, YA, YU, YO STUDYSHEET #5 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 RA, RI, RU, RE, RO, WA, [W]O, N

WORKSHEET #13 ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 PRACTICE: RA, RI, RU, RE, RO, WA, [W]O, N WORKSHEET #14 ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 MORE PRACTICE: RA, Rl, RU, RE, RO, WA, [W]O, N WORKSHEET #15 ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 20 ADDffiONAL PRACTICE: RA, RI, RU, RE, RO, WA, [W]O, N

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WORKSHEET #16 ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 24 PRACTICE: DOUBLE CONSONANT SOUNDS WORKSHEET #17 ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 MORE PRACTICE: DOUBLE CONSONANT SOUNDS WORKSHEET #18 ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 ADDITIONAL PRACTICE: DOUBLE CONSONANT SOUNDS

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WORKSHEET #20............................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 MORE PRACTICE: CONTRACTED SOUNDS WORKSHEET #21 ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 30 ADDITIONAL PRACTICE: CONTRACTED SOUNDS

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KI BI acne

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BE NO KO SHI leftovers

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HO SHI stars

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26.

HA NA flowers, noses

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BO CHI cemetery

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29.

28.

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NA su eggplant

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HI BA CHI Japanese grill

FU BU KI snowstorms

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FU BI unprepared

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HA NA TA BA bouquet of flowers

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name of restaurant

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24.

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given name

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HA SHI GO ladders

Japanese poetry

14.

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BI belt/sash

NU KE GE thinning hair

22.

PO TSU PO TSU little by little

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8. MI CHI

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MI SE ____ store/shop

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a recess/vacation 13. MI GI ____

right 14.

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tea cups

mountains


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streets

eyeglasses 4.

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YA MI darkness

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MU YA MI reckless

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MU YO KU not greedy/ unselfish

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MA MU SHI vi per snake

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YO ME bride

MA YU cocoon, eyebrow

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15.

YA MA TO Japanese spirit

MO MI unhulled rice, a fir (tree)

MI YA shrine

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18.

19.

ME MA I dizziness

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20.

MA E front/ before

MA JI ME NA honest/earnest

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21.

NA YA MI worries

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YO YA KU reservations

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KA ME turtle/ tortoise

VA DO lodging

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25.

MO MI JI maple

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MA TSU MO TO

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a family name

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KO ME uncooked rice

KA MA machete, iron pots

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GO MA sesame seeds

07.

MO CHI rice cake

08.

ME DA KA minnows

YA KU ZA Japanese gangsters

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09.

10.

MO NO SA SHI a ruler

11.

YA KU so KU appointments

GA MA GU CHI a change purse

measurement

12.

13.

YO KO HA MA

14.

YA KI MO NO pottery/china

city in Japan

15.

19.

city in Japan

17.

16.

MO SHI MO SHI. Hello. Excuse me.

HA MA MA TSU

18.

YU KA floor

20.

YU KA TA light cotton

so

NA MA uncooked/ raw

Japanese flash card story telling

24.

YA su MI recess/break

A MI MO NO knitting

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KA MO ME seagulls

toy

21.

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2. WA RI KA N ______ _

7. HA RU ____

TE RA _____ _ temples

spring

Dutch treat 3.

RI N GO __ -·-- __ apples

4. WA SA BI Japanese horse radish RO _______ bath/bathing

5. 0 FU

season

8.

HI RA GA NA _________ Japanese characters

9.

RO KU GA _ _ _ _ __ video tape recording

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HO N (W)O YO MU. ___________ books,DOM, read DOM:

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FU RO baths/ spa

WA BI apology

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WA KA MO NO young people/ adolescence 15.

WA RI VA SU relatively cheap

17.

16.

WA RA I laughs

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WA I DA N filthy talks

RE N KO N lotus root

WA RI BA SHI disposable chopsticks

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RE N RA KU contacts

WA I RO bribes

22.

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RA I NE N next year

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RU su not at home

RE N GA bricks

07.

RI KO N a divorce

15.

14.

A RI ants,

WA RA BI bracken

RO KU 0 N recordings

KU RO black

12.

DE N WA a telephone

WA RU I bad

13.

08.

KI N E N no smoking

11.

10.

09.

RI su squirrels

KA WA rivers, skin

Japanese food

06.

05.

04.

03.

TE N PU RA

WA DA I topics

HA RA abdomen

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large coarse ferns

17.

16.

18.

20.

19.

WA BU N Japanese sentences

(W)O WA TA RU. DOH cross

21.

I RO (W)O NU RU. to color/ paint stroke

TE N KI weather

NO HA RA field/plain

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RO N KO KU prosecutor's directive

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A. INSTRUCTIONS: Write the following sound in HIRAGANA to the right of the letters. Please write legibly. Illegible handwriting may be counted wrong. {30}

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SOTO_ _ __

SUSHI _ _ __

YAMA _ _ __

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skin

umbrella

outside

Japanese food

mountains

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NANI _ _ __

WARA._ _ _ __

YUME_ _ __

YURI _ _ __

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what

straw

dreams

lilies

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30.

c

o) tsu

b)

to

c:)

to

d) shl

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b)

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wo

d)

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c.·

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b)

re

c:)

me

d)

ne

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->

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b)

hi

c:)

d)

ro

->

o) fu

b)

ro

c:)

ru

d)

so

o)

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b)

he

c:)

te

d) shl

c c c c c c c

32.

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->

o)

o

b)

su

c:)

mu

d)

yo

33.

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->

o) wo

b)

a

c:)

re

d)

me

34.

i

->

o) ho

b)

mo

c:)

ma

d)

me

35.

~

->

a) yo

b)

yo

c:)

ko

d)

yu

36.

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->

o)

yo

b)

wa

c:)

rl

d)

yu

37.

J:

->

a) to

b)

ho

c:)

yo

d)

ko

38.

Q

->

o) ru

b)

ro

c:)

yo

d)

re

39.

;s

->

a) ru

b)

ro

c:)

ri

d)

ro

40.

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->

a)

a

b)

to

c:)

(w)o

d)

u

41.

13

->

a) yo

b)

su

c:)

wa

d)

0

42.

->

a) ko

b)

c:)

ki

d)

ta

43.

->.

o) to

b)

te

c:)

to

d) tsu

44.

->

o) to

b)

yo

c:)

yu

d)

no

45.

->

o) no

b)

yo

c:)

su

d)

to

46.

->

a) ma

b)

fu

c:)

to

d)

ha

47.

->

o) fu

b)

c:)

mo

d)

re

48.

->

a)

u

b)

ra

c:)

re

d)

chi

49.

->

o) wo

b)

o

c:)

re

d)

ne

->

a) ra

b)

u

c:)

tsu

d)

su

so.

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->

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B. INSTRUCTIONS:


1. NIKKI

diary 2. BUKKA

cost of living 3. KOGITTE

checks 4. KISSATEN

coffee house

5. KEKKOU

no, thank you 6. KESSEKI

absent 7. SHIPPAI

mistakes 8. MASSUGU

straight

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01.

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04.

CHI sso nitrogen

ZA SSHI magazines

I TCHI agreement/ accordance

MI TTSU three

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06.

07.

08.

so

KA SSA I applause/ cheers

SA KKA writers/ authors

KKI stenography

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09.

KE SSE KI absent

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12.

KA KKO parentheses

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u TTE KU DA SA I. sell, please

I TTE. Say it. Go. 14.

KE KKO N marriage

so TTO

15.

quietly

SA TTO swiftly

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16.

~

18.

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CHI TTO MO not at all

KKA RI utterly/ completely

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20.

A SSA RI 1i ght ly/ briefly

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ill

21.

HA

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KKI RI clearly

KE SSHI TE never

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BU SSHI goods/ commodities

MA

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02.

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SHI PPO tails

colloquial

07.

06.

05.

KA KKE beriberi

DO TCHI? Which?

disease

co11oquia1

04.

MA PPI RA absolutely no thank you

YO TTSU four

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HO PPE cheek

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SHI KKE damp/moist

SHI PPU hot or cold compress

KE KKA results

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KKU

literary work e.g., haiku

t t

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PPU

KU

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HARA KIRI

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14.

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KA PPA TSU lively/active

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suicide

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16.

YU

KKU RI slowly

'or

18.

PI

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PA TCHI RI bright-eyed

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20.

19.

NI SSE KI Japanese Red Cross 22.

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SA SSU RU to guess/ suppose 23.

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gold fish

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bi 11/check

teacher

2. SO RE JAA

Well, then ... 3. KYA KU

guests 4. JU U DO U

judo 5. RYU U ZA N

miscarriage 6.

KO U CHA tea

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B. INSTRUCTIONS:

c c

8. I RA SSHA I

welcome 9. NI N GYO U

dolls 10. NYU U BA I

rainy season 11. BYO U I N

hospital 12. RYO KO U

travel/journey

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INSTRUCTIONS:


02.

01.

RYU U dragon

03.

04.

JI N JA Shinto shrines

05.

KYO KA permits

SHO KU JI meals

07.

06.

SHU PPA TSU a departure

08.

JU KU cram schools

SHA KA Sakyamuni

0 CHA green tea

Buddha

10.

09.

PYO N PYO N hop, skip

11.

SHU N KA N moment/instant

GYU u NYU u milk

onomatopoeia

12.

13.

RYU u GA KU study abroad

15.

14.

KYU u KA vacation

16.

CHU U I attention/ caution

17.

HYU U HYU U

19.

BYA KU YA bright night

TO KKYO a patent

onomatopoeia

20.

BYO U KI illness/sickness

22.

21.

NYO RO NYO RO wriggly (to squirm)

sound of gusting wind onomatopoeia

18.

MYO u CHO u tomorrow morning

PYU U PYU U sound of whirling wind onomatopoeia

23.

SHI N JU pearls

BYU N BYU N sound of howling wind onomatopoeia

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NYU

U YO bathing

03.

KU

GYO KA I RU seafood

05.

04.

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HYA KKA TE N department stores

07.

06.

SHU FU female homemaker

SHU JI N husband

JO SHU assistant

09.

08.

NYU RU NYU RU worm-like movement onomatopoeia

12.

11.

13.

RYA KU SHI KI informal/casual

HYO KKO RI unexpectedly/ surprisingly

HA PPYA KU 800

15.

14.

JO SHI girls

10.

GYO SE N fishing ship

CHO KU RI TSU standing up straight

16.

SHA SHI N photographs

NYO TA I female physique

MI

RYO KU charm, attractiveness

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18.

HYO TTO KO Japanese clowns

19.

JA GU CHI faucet/tap

CHU U SHA parking, injection/shot

GYA KU reverse

21.

20.

22.

RYA KU abbreviation

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6. OTOUSAN - - - - - - - - - - father

2. OKAASAN - - - - - - - - - mother

7. SOU DESU NEE •. · - - - - - - - Let's see ...

3. SENSEI teacher

8. OBAACHAN - - - - - - - - - - grandma

4. OJIICHAN grandpa

9. ONEECHAN - - - - - - - - - - big/older sister

5. KOUTSUU - - - - - : - : - - - - traffic/transportation

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yellow

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02.

NO u DO u country roads

03.

zu u zu u SHI I

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audacious/inconsiderate

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04.

05.

HO u BO u here and there, hobo/transients

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08.

09.

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13.

11.

RE I JO u thank-you notes

14.

YU u KI courage 17.

16.

A SA morning, flax/hemp

RE I GA I exceptions 22. --------------

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NI I SA N older brother

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KI I RO yellow

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JI I SA N grandfather

15.

YO u HO u usage

20.

19.

YU u KO u valid/effective, friendships

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. ,:a :a

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05.

04.

:a

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NE E SA older sister

N

0

KA A SA mother

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13.

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03.

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TE I KA fixed price, declining 06.

DE I su I dead drunk

0

TO U SA father

CHI I SA I small/tiny

12.

14.

so u SHI KI

E I KO u glory

09. N

11. TE I NE I polite

TO U FU bean curd

TSU u VA KU interpreter/ translator

15. HE I SE I HEISEl era (1989 on)

funeral

~

I so GA SHI busy

08.

07.

:a :a :a :a

02.

TSU u SHI N correspondence/ communication

su u GA KU mathematics

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16.

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17.

KU u KO u airport

BO KO u alma mater, home port

18.

GO u MO N torture

·~

19.

MO YO u design/pattern

21.

20. KA

I KE I cashier, check

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Write the following phrases or sentences in HIRAGANA on the line.

INSTRUCTIONS:

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1. HA JI ME MA SHI TE. How do you do.

2. DO U ZO

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YO RO SHI KU.

Nice to meet you.

3. KO CHI RA KO SO.

I

c-, c-, c.-'

Same here.

4. KO N NI CHI WA. Good day./ Hello.

5. I I TE N KI

c.-;

,-

DE SU NE E.

Nice weather, isn't it?

6. SO RE JA, · - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - we 11,

SHI TSU RE I SHI MA SU.

7. 0 SA KI NI We 11, then,

before you] good bye.

[Lit.

KA.

which one, is (your)

country,

9. 0 SHI GO TO WA

NA N DE SU KA. what,

work,

10. E I GO NO English,

DE SU

DO CHI RA

8. 0 KU NI WA

is (your)

KYO U SHI DE SU. teacher,

am

11. CHI GA I MA SU KE DO. (HEDGE)

wrong,

12. A, DO U MO SU MI MA SE N. Oh, I am sorry.

13. RYO U HO U DE both,

I KU RA

DE SU KA. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

for, how much,is (it}

14. A RI GA TO U GO ZA I MA SHI TA. Thank you very much.

15. I RA SSHA I MA SE. He11o.

[Lit.

Welcome.]

16. 0 KA N JO U 0 NE GA I SHI MA SU. Check,

please.

17. MI GI E MA GA TTE right,

turn,

KU DA SA I. please

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INSTRUCTIONS:

Read the following sentences out loud several times.

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(READING HIRAGANA CORRECTLY)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.

2.

Read the following sentences out loud several times.

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Write the following sounds in HIRAGANA next to the Romanized

KO RE

SA KE

SU GU

KA RA

MI ZU

this

rice wine

soon

from or empty

water

.:a

a

NI HO N

A SHI TA

MA I NI CHI

Japan

tomorrow

every day

/a

(TRUE/FALSE)

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TSU GU

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->

RYA

2.

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->

Ml ZU

14.

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->

JA

a

3.

c:;:

->

DE KO

15.

~J:

->

KYO

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4.

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->

YAMADA

16.

1J.I9>

->

NYU

5.

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-)

TE GO Ml

17.

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->

MYA

6.

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->

GO HAN

18.

y~

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JA

7.

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-)

0 CHA

19.

J'JJ:

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RYO

8.

t-t...J:

->

Jl SHO

20.

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->

GYO

9.

1!~-if~ ->

ZEN ZEN

21.

l19>

-)

'2 '2

1o.

t...J:

SHU KU Jl

22.

'i:>J:

->

CHA

11.

t~r<.i -9 ->

TA 81 MA SU

23.

y~

->

PA

4

12.

UJ:

24.

t~

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JA

25.

Y.t

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BYO

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c,, c,.

26.

,;r

->

8)

BA

b)

BO

c)

BYU

d)

27.

"'(:'

->

8)

GO

b)

BE

c)

DE

d) GE

28.

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->

8)

ZA

b)

GO

c)

zu

d) DR

29.

v:

->

8)

BE

b)

Jl

c)

Gl

d) 01

30.

'f

->

8)

GA

b)

GO

c)

GE

d) DR

31.

'J:'

->

8)

DR

b)

DO

c)

zu

d) DR

32.

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->

8)

Jl

b)

GA

c)

Gl

d) GO

33.

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->

8)

BE

b)

c)

DO

d) BU

34.

.?('

->

8)

zo

b)

zu zu

c)

GO

d) DO

35.

~lq>

->

8)

RYA

b)

RYU

c)

CHU

d) RYO

36.

1-J.t.

->

8)

MYO

b)

RYO

c)

HYO

d) MYA

37.

~· t.

->

8)

JO

b)

BYO

c)

GYO

d) GYU

38.

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->

8)

KYO

b)

KYU

c)

KYA

d) NYU

39.

1.}~

->

8)

CHA

b)

NYA

c)

HYA

d) HYU

40.

"(}' lq>

->

8)

BYU

b)

BYA

c)

JU

d) BYO

41.

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->

8)

NYU

b)

CHO

c)

NYA

d) NYO

42.

1.J~q>

->

8)

PYA

b)

PYU

c)

PYO

d) BYU

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->

8)

KYO

b) KYU

c)

CHA

d) KYA

c·, I•

44.

t.t.

->

8)

JA

b)

c)

JO

d) BYO

L,~

->

45.

8)

SHA

JU

zu

b) SHO

c)

SHU

d) HYA

c)

MYA

d) NYU

46.

1-J.~q>

->

8)

MYO

b) MYU

47.

1.}t_

->

8)

NYO

b)

MYO

c)

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