Textbook
Characters
Exercises
Quizzes
Worksheets
Textbook
Material on this page refers to lessons from the following textbook:
Jorden, Eleanor Harz. Japanese: The Spoken Language, Part 1. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780300038347.
Characters
Follow the links from the column headings to study that whole column, or click on each individual character. Each character page contains an image of the character and examples of words using the character. Note: the "n-" and "w-" columns are included in "r", and the "y-" column is included in "m".
| n | w | r | y | m | h | n | t | s | k | ||
| ン | ワ | ラ | ヤ | マ | ハ | ナ | タ | サ | カ | ア | a |
| リ | ミ | ヒ | ニ | チ | シ | キ | イ | i | |||
| ル | ユ | ム | フ | ヌ | ツ | ス | ク | ウ | u | ||
| レ | メ | ヘ | ネ | テ | セ | ケ | エ | e | |||
| ヲ | ロ | ヨ | モ | ホ | ノ | ト | ソ | コ | オ | o |
Exercises
The following exercises provide a short introduction to the character sounds and reading practice.
- Introduction: How to write foreign words in Katakana
- Listening Exercise #1
- Listening Exercise #2
- Listening Exercise #3
- Listening Exercise #4
- Listening Exercise #5
- Listening Exercise #6
Quizzes
Test your knowledge of characters and vocabulary.
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- Review: "a" - "to" (20 questions)
- Review: "a" - "n" (46 questions)
- Katakana Recognition Exercise
Worksheets
For further study, worksheets are available to print out.
| Topics | |
|---|---|
| "a" - "ko" (ア - コ), Stroke order | (PDF) |
| "sa" - "to" (サ - ト), Stroke order | (PDF) |
| "na" - "ho" (ナ - ホ), Stroke order | (PDF) |
| "ma" - "yo" (マ - ヨ), Stroke order | (PDF) |
| "ra" - "n" (ラ - ン), Stroke order | (PDF) |
| Voiced (ガ - ) | (PDF) |
| C + y + V (キ ヤ - ) | (PDF) |
| Words & Phrases | (PDF) |