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Memorize 71 Hiragana Letters and Pronunciation in 60 Min!

Memorize 71 Hiragana Letters and Pronunciation in 60 Min!

Memorize All the Japanese Sounds with 71 Hiragana Letters with the English IPA [International Pronunciation Symbols]
Created byNanami Natsuko Yoshihara
Last updated 2/2025
Japanese

What you'll learn

  • Master 71 Japanese Hiragana letters in 60 Min.
  • Learn 71 Japanese pronunciations with the English IPA [International Pronunciation Symbols.]
  • Memorize Japanese Hiragana letters easily with pictures.
  • Learn how to write Japanese Hiragana letters with Hiragana Worksheets PDF.

Course content

13 sections • 13 lectures • 55m total length

  • Introduction: What are Hiragana Letters for?4:28

    Hi! I am Nanami, a professional Japanese teacher based in Germany with more than 10 years of experience. Welcome to my course!

    In this course, you will memorize 71 Japanese Hiragana letters and master the pronunciation with the English IPA.[International Pronunciation symbols] in 60 Min!


    Let’s get started!


    I wrote here: A cat eats a donut. 猫はドーナツを食べます。

    The Japanese writing system uses a combination of Kanji, Katakana, and Hiragana.



    Kanji are Chinese letters. Can you recognize which ones they are? Yes, the pink letters.

    The first one is NEKO which means “a cat”, and the second one is “ta” of tabemasu. Tabemasu is a verb and means “to eat”.

    So, Kanji are used for NOUNS and a part of VERB STEM.


    Let’s talk about Katakana. "Doonatsu," this word is written in Katakana. Do you know what “Doonatsu” means? Yes, it means “donut”, an English word pronounced in the Japanese way, "Japanglish."

    Katakana are used for Japanglish-NOUNS.


    So, you see, the rest of the black letters are HIRAGANA letters.

    What are Hiragana letters for? We use Hiragana for particles [like the English prepositions] and a part of a verb we conjugate.

    But what is Hiragana's most important role? Why do we need to learn Hiragana first? Because all the Hiragana letters show the pronunciation sounds. So, we will learn 71 Hiragana letters and their pronunciation sounds.


    Here is the hiragana table. We have 15 columns. The table works as follows: from the top right, you read it from top to bottom. For example, you can read A I U E O in the A-Column.



    I've broken it down into 13 lessons, totaling 60 minutes.

    Our goal is to read/memorize the Hiragana letters and pronounce them correctly. It doesn't matter if you can write them or not because we usually use computers to write them. But writing them with your hands helps you memorize the letters. So please use my Hiragana worksheet PDF and practice them. It's fun to write them because it's a kind of drawing.



    Are you ready? Then, let's get started!


Requirements

  • No prior knowledge needed. You can learn everything about Hiragana letters in this course.

Description

Hi! I am Nanami, a professional Japanese teacher based in Germany with more than 10 years of experience. Welcome to my course!

In this course, you will memorize 71 Japanese Hiragana letters and master the pronunciation with the English IPA.[International Pronunciation symbols] in 60 Min! I've broken it down into 13 sections, totaling 60 minutes.

Our goal is to read/memorize the Hiragana letters and pronounce them correctly. It doesn't matter if you can write them or not because we usually use computers to write them. But writing them with your hands helps you memorize the letters. So please use my Hiragana worksheet PDF and practice them. It's fun to write them because it's a kind of drawing.

Who this course is for:

  • People who are planning to travel to Japan soon.
  • People who have just started learning Japanese language.
  • Beginner Japanese language learners.
  • People who want to read Japanese comics in Japanese.

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