Japanese Picture Book

\u5c0f\u3055\u3044\ Little Hiragana Book illustrator/author: Cody Rodefer

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with immense praise and special thanks to: Tasuku Agari \u4e0a\u91cc\u7950 (\u3042\u304c and also for helping: Douglas Rountree Dr. Segi

\u3042 \u308a (ah) ant

ari

\u3044 \u (ee) dog

\u3046 \u307e (oo) horse

uma

\u304 ebi (eh) shrimp

に

oni (oh) ogre

い

kai shell note: all but one of the Japanese letters have the the a, i, u, e, or o sound in them, as in ah, ee, oo, eh, and oh.

ki tree note: the kanji (chinese character) for is

ま

kuma bear

ke hair

い

koi Koi

る

saru monkey

か

shika deer

い か

suika watermelon

み

semi cicada

ら

sora sky

こ

tako octopus

ょ う

chou butterfly

note: has the sound “chi” in English, but can be combined with other characters to make the sounds “chu” and “cho”, but not “che”, which does not exist in Japanese:

き

tsuki moon

note: the “tsu” sound does not exist in English

ん し

tenshi angel

ら

tora tiger

し nashi Japanese pear

わ と り

niwatori chicken

い ぐ る み

nuigurumi stuffed animal

こ

neko cat

こ ぎ り

nokogiri saw

っ ぱ

happa leaf note: the '' '' in

is actually a small tsu, which simply doubles the consonant sound after it.

hi fire

う せ ん

fuusen balloon

た

heta snake

し

hoshi star

ぐ ろ maguro tuna

か ん

mikan Mandarin Orange

し

mushi insect

me (meh) eye

り

mori forest

yama mountain

yuki snow

う ち ゅ う youchuu larva; caterpillar; chrysalis

ん ご

ringo apple

す

rusu

absence;being away from home note: No one is home is

い

rei 0

う そ く

rousoku candle

た し

watashi I

”

”と ” か ”

“ never ” start words. “is ”not in any words, The letters “ and ” and is used to mark objects of verbs. a grunt It is spelled wo sometimes, but sounds like can o. “ make ” n sound, like going mmm quickly only with n, not m. It can also make the n sound like in drippin', or be part of the ng sound, like in manga.