Japanese/Kana/Lessons/Hiragana/Lesson 9

In this lesson you are going to learn how to read and write "ら", "り", "る", "れ", "ろ". ら Ja-Ra.oga ra The face of someone enjoying the smell of their ramen. Draw his eyebrow first, then his nose and mouth. It looks like a rattled number five. らくだ (rakuda) camel らっぱ (rappa) trumpet らば (raba) mule り Ja-Ri.oga ri It's the nose and cheek of Richard. It's a repeat (ri) of い (i) with the lengths of the lines inversed. りんご (ringo) apple りす (risu) squirrel りゅう (ryuu) dragon Note: The handwritten form varies slightly from the printed form り る Ja-Ru.oga ru The arm and closed fist of a student who has to hold buckets of water out in the hall because he broke the rules. A boat hit a message in a rum bottle (the upper part being the boat, the lower the corked bottle). It's a mouth, and it's rude to eat with your mouth open. Follow your money as it floats down into the toilet and is flushed, which you rue. るす (rusu) absency (from home) るい (rui) class るつぼ (rutsubo) melting pot れ Ja-Re.oga re The t on the left is the end of a pier, and its builder recommends replacing it. You can distinguish it from ね and わ because it has the tip of the second wave, visible on the right れきし (rekishi) history れいそく (reisoku) your son れい (rei) spirit, ghost ろ Ja-Ro.oga ro It's the front tip of a row boat riding a wave. It's the tail and hindquarter of a roaring lion. You can distinguish it from る because 'ro' doesn't have the circle at the bottom; the 'o' is in 'ro', not in its character. ろく (roku) six ろうそく (rousoku) candle ろんぶん (ronbun) essay, thesis, dissertation