4/13/2020

• Today’s Lesson
• Greetings expression
• Overview of Japanese writing system & pronunciation
• Hiragana practice

n	w	r	y	m	h	n	t	s	k
ん (n)	わ	ら	や	ま	は	な	た	さ	か	あ	a
	ゐ*	り		み	ひ	に	ち (chi)	し (shi)	き	い	i
		る	ゆ	む	ふ (fu)	ぬ	つ (tsu)	す	く	う	u
	ゑ*	れ		め	へ	ね	て	せ	け	え	e
	を (o)	ろ	よ	も	ほ	の	と	そ	こ	お	o

Hiragana

Hiragana / Katakana / Kanji

Recommended material or podcast：

https://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/english/

On podcast: Search “Easy Japanese NHK World – Japan”

HW：

1. Print out this Hiragana chart and put it somewhere you see often. Practice reading them out. (A, I, U, E, O…)
2. Watch this for fun
3. Print out this Hiragana practice sheet and practice Hiragana writing for A – O .
4. Access to Greetings expression and practice saying these greetings until you memorize them.