Japanese/Kana/Lessons/Hiragana/Lesson 2

In this lesson you are going to learn how to read and write か, き, く, け, こ. Adding two small lines called 濁 だく点 てん dakuten, but commonly known simply as 点々 てんてん tenten, meaning "two marks", causes clear sounds to change to their voiced sound. Thus, adding the 点々 てんてん tenten marks will cause か, き, く, け, and こ to produce が, ぎ, ぐ, げ, ご. Clear Sounds か ka as in karma, or like the ca in car. It looks like the head of a cock (rooster). The neck and wattle are on the left, and the beak is the stroke on the right. かいもの (kaimono) shopping かばん (kaban) briefcase, suitcase かお (kao) face が ga がくせい (gakusei) student がいこく (gaikoku) foreign country がっこう (gakkou) school き ki as in kiwi, or like the word key. It looks like a key! きのう (kinou) yesterday きって (kitte) stamp (postage) きれい (kirei) clean, beautiful ぎ gi ぎんこう (ginkou) bank ぎゅうにく (gyuuniku) beef ぎん (gin) silver く ku as in kudos or haiku, or like the word coup It's a bird's beak opened wide to make the sound "Coo!" (Ku!) くるま (kuruma) car ください (kudasai) please (do me the favor) くも (kumo) cloud ぐ gu ぐんじん (gunjin) soldier ぐうぜん (guuzen) coincidence ぐあい (guai) condition (health, state) け ke as in kettle or as in keg (or between these two sounds) It's a keg. Picture a Spanish missionary facing you, holding up a cross, saying, "¿Que?" (Spanish for "What?") けいさつ (keisatsu) police けっこん (kekkon) marriage けが (kega) injury げ ge げきじょう (gekijou) theatre げんき (genki) energy, healthy げんだい (gendai) modern こ ko as in koala or the co in cola. The second line is a copy of the first one.It's the top and bottom of a coin.It's a race, with the finish line at the top and the starting line at the bottom (with a flag): ready, set, GO! こども (kodomo) child こめ (kome) rice (uncooked) ことば (kotoba) word ご go ごご (gogo) afternoon ごはん (gohan) meal, rice (cooked) ごみ (gomi) trash zh:日语/假名/平假名/第二課