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Learning Japanese hiragana at your own pace...

Welcome to my post on Japanese Hiragana!

Composed of 46 Japanese symbols, hiragana can be used to phonetically write any word in Japanese, to represent difficult Kanjis or as grammatical Japanese particles.

The videos I've selected will teach you how to pronounce and recognize each Hiragana Japanese symbol.

If you want to jump ahead and learn how to write them, visit my post writing Hiragana.

Enjoy!

Learning to read Hiragana

The following videos , uploaded by Kyle Eppard, will carry you through a smooth presentation of the Japanese Hiragana: The presenter, Kyle, repeats each Hiragana four times, giving you plenty of opportunity for repeating.

Japanese Hiragana Symbols with Kyle
Intro to the Japanese writing system

Japanese Hiragana Symbols with Kyle
From "a" to "ko"

Japanese Hiragana Symbols with Kyle
From "sa" to "no"

Japanese Hiragana Symbols with Kyle
From "ha" to "yo"

Japanese Hiragana Symbols: with Kyle
From "ra" to "n"

Japanese Hiragana Symbols with Kyle
From "ga" to "po"

Hiragana Reading Practice

All right. Now that you had a thorough introduction to the Japanese Hiragana, here are a couple of videos that will help you practice what you've learned. It is also a great way to expand your vocabulary in Japanese.

The videos posted will teach you some important Japanese verbs and adjectives.

I suggest you press pause when the word appears and try to read it before listening to the speaker.

These videos were uploaded by Sodapencil and belong to Talk Sushi, a great site for learning Japanese.

Hiragana Reading Practice
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