Hiragana

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Hiragana
Workbook

Hiragana Chart

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

を wo

が ga ぎ gi ぐ gu げ ge ご go

ざ za じ ji ず zu ぜ ze ぞ zo

だ da で de ど do

ば ba び bi ぶ bu べ be ぼ bo

ぱ pa ぴ pi ぷ pu ぺ pe ぽ po

きゃ ぎゃ しゃ じゃ ちゃ にゃ ひゃ びゃ ぴゃ みゃ りゃ

kya gya sha ja cha nya hya bya pya mya rya

きゅ ぎゅ しゅ じゅ ちゅ にゅ ひゅ びゅ ぴゅ みゅ りゅ

kyu gyu shu ju chu nyu hyu byu pyu myu ryu

きょ ぎょ しょ じょ ちょ にょ ひょ びょ ぴょ みょ りょ

kyo gyo sho jo cho nyo hyo byo pyo myo ryo

aあ あ あああ
iい い いいい
uう う ううう
eえ え えええ
oお お おおお

ka か か かかか
ki き き ききき
ku く く くくく
ke け け けけけ
ko こ こ こここ

Read the following hiragana words and write them in romaji.

あお (blue) いいえ (no)
いえ (house) え (art)
あき (autumn) (face)
かお

Read the following romaji words and write them in hiragana.

ike (pond) ika (squid)
aka (red) koe (voice)
eki (station) kaki (persimmon)
ookii (big) ue (on top)

sa さ さ さささ
しshi し ししし
su す す すすす
se せ せ せせせ
so そ そ そそそ

Read the following hiragana words and write them in romaji.

あさ (morning) せき (cough)
すし さけ
しお (salt) あせ (sweet)
あし (leg/foot) うし (cow)
いす (chair) かさ (umbrella)

ta た た たたた
ちchi ち ちちち
つtsu つ つつつ
te て て ててて
to と と ととと

Read the following hiragana words and write them in romaji.

たつ (stand) いち (one)
あした (tomorrow) とけい (clock)

Read the following romaji words and write them in hiragana.

chikatetsu (subway) kutsu (shoes)
kesatsu (police) tako (octopus)
kata (shoulders) atama (head)
kuchi (mouth) tsukue (desk)

na な な ななな
ni に に ににに
nu ぬ ぬ ぬぬぬ
ne ね ね ねねね
no の の ののの

Read the following hiragana words and write them in romaji.

この (this) あの (that)
ねこ (cat) あなた (you)
さかな (fish) (meat)
にく

Read the following romaji words and write them in hiragana.

oni (demon) inu (dog)
keito (wool) nani (what)

た and に are very similar, remember that た looks like

a TA and you won’t get confused!

ha は は ははは
hi ひ ひ ひひひ
fu ふ ふ ふふふ
he へ へ へへへ
ho ほ ほ ほほほ

Read the following hiragana words and write them in romaji.

はし (bridge) はと (pigeon)
ふく (clothes) おはし (chopsticks)

Read the following romaji words and write them in hiragana.

hana (nose) hako (box)
heso (navel) fune (boat)
hoshi (star) hito (person)

Remember, け, は and ほ are all very similar. Make sure you know the difference

between them so you don’t get confused.

ma ま ま ままま
mi み み みみみ
mu む む むむむ
me め め めめめ
mo も も ももも

Read the following hiragana words and write them in romaji.

あめ (rain) めいし (business
みそ むし card)
なまえ (name) (insect)
みみ (ears) もし もし (hello)
あまい (sweet) くま (bear)
かめ (turtle) (hair)
かみのけ (peach)
もも

ya や や ややや

yu ゆ ゆ ゆゆゆ

yo よ よ よよよ

Read the following hiragana words and write them in romaji.

やすみ (rest) ふゆ (winter)
ゆき (snow) やきにく (Barbeque)
(famous) (yesterday)
ゆうめい きのう

Read the following romaji words and write them in hiragana.

ohayou (good morning) kuukou (airport)
(western (high
youfuku clothes) koukou school)
yama heya
(mountain) (room)

ra ら ら ららら

ri り り りりり

ru る る るるる

re れ れ れれれ

ro ろ ろ ろろろ

Read the following romaji words and write them in hiragana.

kuruma (car) rousoku (candle)
yakitori (chicken) watashi (myself)
(colour) renraku (pass on)
iro (monkey) (frog)
saru kaeru

wa わ わ わわわ
wo を を ををを
nん ん んんん

Read the following hiragana words and write them in romaji.

これ (this) さようなら (goodbye)
それ (that) はる (spring)
あれ (that over there) よる (night)

Read the following romaji words and write them in hiragana.

hon (book) wani (crocodile)
nihon (Japan) shiro (white)

Write the Japanese names in hiragana underneath the pictures (one character in each box).

toshio akiko keiko satoshi eiko

seiko atsushi takako seichi takeshi

toshiyo yuuta megumi chieko tatsuo

yuriko sachie hajime hitomi shinji

sasuke hinata sakura naruto kakashi

Chon Chon ゛and Maru゜

New sounds are formed when we add a chon chon or a maru to regular hiragana.

Old Sound ゛ ゜

K G P
S Z/J
T D
H B

が が ががが

ga

ぎ ぎ ぎぎぎ

gi

ぐ ぐ ぐぐぐ

gu

げ げ げげげ

ge

ご ご ごごご

go

Read the following hiragana words and write them in romaji.

にほんご (Japanese) えいご (English)
おんがく (music) えいが (movie)

ざ ざza ざ ざ ざ
じ じ じじじ

ji

ず ず ずずず

zu

ぜ ぜ ぜぜぜ

ze

ぞ ぞ ぞぞぞ

zo

だ だ だだだ

da

で で ででで

de

ど ど どどど

do

Read the following hiragana words and write them in romaji.

うさぎ (rabbit) ひきがえる (toad)
かぜ (cold) ひつじ (sheep)

Read the following romaji words and write them in hiragana.

karada (body) desu (it is)
kazoku (family) do (temperature)

ば ばba ば ば ば
び び びびび

bi

ぶ ぶ ぶぶぶ

bu

べ べ べべべ

be

ぼ ぼ ぼぼぼ

bo

Read the following hiragana words and write them in romaji.

まど (window) しんぶん (newspaper)
こんばん (this evening) おめでとう (congratulations)
ともだち (friend) (please)
ください

Read the following romaji words and write them in hiragana.

ginkou (bank) mada (not yet)
Ginza gogo (afternoon)
denwa (phone) sugoi (amazing)
tegami (letter) hanabi (fireworks)

ぱ ぱpa ぱ ぱ ぱ
ぴ ぴ ぴぴぴ

pi

ぷ ぷ ぷぷぷ

pu

ぺ ぺ ぺぺぺ

pe

ぽ ぽ ぽぽぽ

po

Read the following romaji words and write them in hiragana.

kanpai (cheers) douzou (go ahead)
yujin (friend) gozen (morning)
gaijin (foreigner) hiza (knee)
(wind) boshi (hat)
kaze

Combined Sounds

To make combined sounds, always use the や、ゆ、よ in combination with an い sound
of any of the hiragana. The initial sound is written as a standard size symbol,
while the や、ゆ、よ are written smaller, half size. When written in romaji, the
sounds of the initial sound and the ya, yu, yo sound combined. For example: ki +
ya becomes kya (き＋や→きゃ).

kya きゃ きゃ gya ぎゃ ぎゃ
kyu きゅ きゅ gyu ぎゅ ぎゅ
kyo きょ きょ gyo ぎょ ぎょ

sha しゃ しゃ ja じゃ じゃ
shu しゅ しゅ ju じゅ じゅ
sho しょ しょ jo じょ じょ

cha ちゃ ちゃ nya にゃ にゃ
chu ちゅ ちゅ nyu にゅ にゅ
cho ちょ ちょ nyo にょ にょ

hya ひゃ ひゃ bya びゃ びゃ
hyu ひゅ ひゅ byu びゅ びゅ
hyo ひょ ひょ byo びょ びょ

pya ぴゃ ぴゃ mya みゃ みゃ
pyu ぴゅ ぴゅ myu みゅ みゅ
pyo ぴょ ぴょ myo みょ みょ

rya りゃ りゃ
ryu りゅ りゅ
ryo りょ りょ

Read the following hiragana words and write them in romaji.

じゅうしょ (dictionary) しゃしん (photo)
じゃ また (see you again) しんじゅく
きゅうりょう (salary) とうきょう

Read the following romaji words and write them in hiragana.

kaisha (company) okyaku (guest)
kanojo (she) shuumatsu (weekend)
sanbyakuen (300 Yen) shukudai (homework)
kyukyusha (ambulance) chuukaryouri (chinese food)

Small Tsu

The small つ changes the way we say a word. Instead of being even on every
syllable, there is a small jump in the word. When it is written, the small つ
doubles the next letter – always a consonant. For example; yokatta is written よか
った and ほっぺ is written hoppe.

The small つ is written half the size of a standard character, the same way the や、
ゆ、よ appearin combined sounds. Remember to write it smaller than usual, so that
it is not mistaken for a normal つ.

Read the following hiragana words and write them in romaji.

いっぽん (one long object) いっかい (once)
いっこ (one small object) きっぷ (ticket)
(one small animal) (school)
いっぴき がっこう

Read the following romaji words and write them in hiragana.

zasshi (magazine) yokka (fourth)
juppun (ten minutes) mikka (third)
issho (together) roppyakuen (600 Yen)
kitte (stamp) matte (wait)

Use the following words to label kerokerokeroppi’s family photo below in hiragana.

okaasan – mum otousan – dad ojiisan – grandpa obaasan – grandma

oniisan – big brother oneesan – big sister imouto – little sister otouto – little brother

Animal Mania

Find all of the animal words in hiragana in the word search below.

yagi nezumi ushi sakana usagi tori

inu buta neko uma morumotto hitsuji

かうしかめさかなれ
いまめひもるもっと
ぬぎすつはがやつり
ねずみじうさぎるせ
こためけほよりぶた

Test Yourself!

Match the picture of the animal to the correct hiragana word.

ぶた
ねこ
ひつじ
やぎ
さかな
うま

My House

Label the rooms in house plan in hiragana with the correct Japanese words.

heya bedroom

daidokoro kitchen

omotezashiki living room

horu hallway

furoba bathroom

ofuro bath

todana cupboard

genkan entrance

niwa garden

Draw and label your own house in the space below in hiragana.

In the Bedroom

Label the items in hiragana in the bedroom below with the correct Japanese words.

beddo bed
nabe wall
yuka floor
mado window
tana shelf
tansu chest of

draws
hikidashi drawer

rampu lamp
gomibako bin

denki light switch
(electricity)

Draw and label your own bedroom in the space below in hiragana.

On the Desk

keshigomu hochikkisu pasakon jisho nori

tekisuto pen denwa nouto kami

enpitsu fudebako hasami jougi megane

Label the items on the desk below in hiragana. If there is an item not currently
on the desk, please draw it on and label it as well.

Word Search

In the word search below find the Japanese words from the English list. You might
find it useful to write the Japanese word beside the English word before you begin.
All of the words have been used in the last few pages. Test yourself to see how
many words you remember.

えんぴつあふいうにたなじょうぎ
げかきおえででんわんきしすねぱ
んらひへやばんまけすとょふたさ
かてきすとこきせねんりひろふこ
んふだやすみぶたこめまほばりん
ざじしぎまどでぺしむなべいれけ
けだいどころたんごほちっきすわ
しらけいざなちつさかなどえおん
ごみばこけいぬゆかやりぞへふで
むひとだなひぶいゆるごうかろそ
ぞつげらんぷけあやげはさみかろ
めじもとらうまよほのりぎっるり
がおもてざしひきううもるもっと
ねぜにねずみにほるとはけぬめみ

goat bedroom bed eraser
rabbit kitchen wall stapler
guinea pig living room floor computer
rat hallway shelf dictionary
sheep bathroom chest of draws glue
cow bath drawer textbook
horse cupboard bin pen
dog entrance lamp phone
cat garden electricity notebook
fish window paper
bird pencil
pig pencil case
scissors
ruler
glasses