Pronounciation and Hiragana
Japanese vowels are pronounced the same way every time. There are no dipthongs in Japanese.
a as in the o in pot
i as in pizza
u as in puma
e as in pet
o as in note
Japanese consonants are pronounced like English ones, except for these:
r sounds like it is halfway between an English r and l
f sounds almost like an h
g is always hard and s is always soft
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 ゆ yu よ yo
ら ra り ri る ru れ re ろ ro
わ wa を wo
が ga ぎ gi ぐ gu げ ge ご go
ざじずぜぞ
だぢづでど
ぱぴぷぺぽ
きゃきゅきょ
しゃしゅしょ
ちゃちゅちょ
にゃにゅにょ
ひゃひゅひょ
みゃみゅみょ
りゃりゅりょ
ぎゃぎゅぎょ
じゃじゅじょ
びゃびゅびょ
ぴゃぴゅぴょ
ん
More to be romanized later...
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