Your course
日本語
Japanese for Travel
A self-paced course built around one goal: navigating a trip to Japan by reading
the scripts yourself. Start with Lesson 1; come back any time.
Lessons
Lesson 1 — Hiragana: vowels & the K-row
10 characters + your first real words (incl. えき, "station"). Interactive recall quiz.
Lesson 2 — Hiragana: the S-row
さしすせそ + why し is "shi". Read すし, さけ, しか. Quiz interleaves Lesson 1.
Lesson 3 — Hiragana: the T-row
たちつてと + the ち/つ trick sounds. Read ちかてつ (subway), たかい, くつ.
Reference
Hiragana chartAll 46 characters; today's ten highlighted. Prints well.
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