Japanese/Kana/Lessons/Hiragana/Lesson 3

In this lesson you are going to learn how to read and write さ、し、す、せ、そ. 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 to さ、し、す、せ、and そ will produce ざ、じ、ず、ぜ、ぞ. Clear sounds さ sa The horizontal line is a saw (sa) cutting through an apple tree branch, and the round part is the apple. さら (sara) plate さけ (sake) rice wine さわる (sawaru) to touch ざ za ざんねん (zannen) too bad, regrettable ざんぎょう (zangyou) overtime (work) ざいがい (zaigai) overseas し Ja-Shi.oga shi She (shi) has very long hair. した (shita) below; rude しぬ (shinu) to die しる (shiru) to know じ ji じぶん (jibun) oneself じしょ (jisho) dictionary じごく (jigoku) hell す su It's someone who committed suicide by hanging. Tie a knot to a "T" する (suru) to do すみません (sumimasen) excuse me すごい (sugoi) awesome, terrific すし sushi ず zu ずるい (zurui) sly, cunning ずいい (zuii) optional ずいちょう (zuichou) good omen せ se It's the face of a person named Seth (se). A guy has his arm wrapped around the girl and says "say you love me" せんたく (sentaku) laundry せなか (senaka) back (of the body) せまい (semai) confined, small, cramped ぜ ze ぜひとも (zehitomo) by all means ぜんぶ (zenbu) all, entire ぜん (zen) Zen (Buddhism) そ so There are SO many lines at the top of this symbol, and SO few at the bottom. Think to the sign of "Zorro" plus a fox tail The zig-zag of a sewing stitch. "top" ! bgcolor="#CCCCFF" Example: そら (sora) sky そば (soba) Japanese buckwheat noodles そと (soto) outside ぞ zo ぞう (zou) elephant ぞうき (zouki) internal organs ぞうり (zouri) sandals