Hiragana - its the Japanese equivalent of the English alphabet where all 47 characters are used to make up words. There were originally 50 hiragana but the Japanese government got rid of 3 because they sounded too much like other existing hiragana. The whole hiragana set is still called "Goju On" [50音] meaning "Fifty Sounds."
My mascot characters Mirai Suenaga, Haruka Suenaga and Kanata Hoshikawa will be teaching you all 47 hiragana and are brought to you in a most adorable chibi form by Ikkyu-san.
Learning and understanding Japanese helps to enrich ones enjoyment of Japanese Pop Culture - even more so if the content is moesome ^^; We previously learned hiragana from Mirai in 3D form and I'll be working with my girls to bring you more Japanese language material in various media forms including products.
あ (a) for "akumakko"
Today is the first sound from the hiragana set which is "あ" (a) and pronounced like "ah." For each hiragana introduced, we will learn a new word that starts with that hiragana and today its "あくまっこ" [悪魔っ娘] (devil girl) and pronounced like "akumakko."
The katakana equivalent is "ア".
Example
You can use this in a sentence like:-
Boku no sensei wa akumakko ni niteiru
僕の先生はあくまっこに似ている。
My sensei looks like a devil girl.
Exercise
Write out "あ" 50 times on your right arm and say "あ" 20 times on a public train or bus.
All hiragana in this series will be tagged "hiragana".
How much hiragana can you read?
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BTW, just wondering if you have Japanese fonts installed?
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