Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese. Florence Sakade
| ガ | ga | ギ | gi | グ | gu | ゲ | ge | ゴ | go |
| ザ | za | ジ | ji | ズ | zu | ゼ | ze | ゾ | zo |
| ダ | da | ヂ | ji | ヅ | zu | デ | de | ド | do |
| バ | ba | ビ | bi | ブ | bu | ベ | be | ボ | bo |
| パ | pa | ピ | pi | プ | pu | ペ | pe | ポ | po |
| キャ | kya | – | キュ | kyu | – | キョ | kyo | ||
| シャ | sha | – | シュ | shu | – | ショ | sho | ||
| チャ | cha | – | チュ | chu | – | チョ | cho | ||
| ニャ | nya | – | ニュ | nyu | – | ニョ | nyo | ||
| ヒャ | hya | – | ヒュ | hyu | – | ヒョ | hyo | ||
| ミャ | mya | – | ミュ | myu | – | ミョ | myo | ||
| リャ | rya | – | リュ | ryu | – | リョ | ryo | ||
| ギャ | gya | – | ギュ | gyu | – | ギョ | gyo | ||
| ジャ | ja | – | ジュ | ju | – | ジョ | jo | ||
| ビャ | bya | – | ビュ | byu | – | ビョ | byo | ||
| ピャ | pya | – | ピュ | pyu | – | ピョ | pyo |
About the authors
Florence Sakade was a renowned editor and author of numerous books about Japan’s language and culture, including Origami: Japanese Paper Folding and Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories.
Janet Ikeda is Associate Professor of Japanese at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. She served as president of the American Association of Teachers of Japanese, and is currently on the Board of the AATJ. Ikeda is also a member of the U.S.-Japan Council and served on the Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD).
A Guide to Reading and Writing
JAPANESE
FOURTH EDITION
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE JAPANESE WRITING SYSTEM
First edition compiled by
FLORENCE SAKADE
Third edition revised by
KENNETH HENSHALL, CHRISTOPHER SEELEY & HENK DE GROOT
Fourth edition revised by
JANET IKEDA
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CONTENTS
Introduction
1 Aim
2 This Book and the Modern Japanese Writing System
2.1 About the Characters Selected
2.2 How Characters Are Read in Japanese
2.3 Writing Characters
2.4 Romanization
2.5 Kana Signs and Combinations
3 Layout Details
4 Final Notes
5 Select Bibliography of Main Works Consulted for This Edition
Acknowledgments
Section 1: The 1,006 Essential Characters
Grade One: Characters 1–80
Grade Two: Characters