Jul 30, 2018

Romaji chart

by Kosuke on July 30, 2018 in - Japanese characters

Today, please let me explain about Romaji!

After memorizing the Romaji chart, please use this to check your memory of Romaji:
Hiragana quiz >>

If you are an English speaker, Romaji is quite easy for you.

Romaji is the way to write Japanese words using the alphabet.

Originally, there were no alphabetic words in Japan.

They used old Hiragana and old Kanji.

If you don't know what Hiragana and Kanji are, please check the article below:
The three types of Japanese characters >>

However, recently, Japanese people need to write Japanese word in English.

For example, when they go abroad, they need to write their name in English.

That's why Romaji is generally used in Japan now.

Let's check the Romaji chart:

あ a	い i	う u	え e	お o
か ka	き ki	く ku	け ke	こ ko
さ sa	し shi	す su	せ se	そ so
た ta	ち chi	つ tsu	て te	と to
な na	に ni	ぬ nu	ね ne	の no
は ha	ひ hi	ふ fu	へ he	ほ ho
ま ma	み mi	む mu	め me	も mo
や ya	い i	ゆ yu	え e	よ yo
ら ra	り ri	る ru	れ re	ろ ro
わ wa				を wo
ん n

が ga	ぎ gi	ぐ gu	げ ge	ご go
ざ za	じ ji	ず zu	ぜ ze	ぞ zo
だ da	ぢ ji	づ zu	で de	ど do
ば ba	び bi	ぶ bu	べ be	ぼ bo

ぱ
pa

ぴ
pi

ぷ
pu

ぺ
pe

ぽ
po

きゃ kya	きゅ kyu	きょ kyo
しゃ sha	しゅ shu	しょ sho
ちゃ cha	ちゅ chu	ちょ cho
にゃ nya	にゅ nyu	にょ nyo
ひゃ hya	ひゅ hyu	ひょ hyo
みゃ mya	みゅ myu	みょ myo
りゃ rya	りゅ ryu	りょ ryo
ぎゃ gya	ぎゅ gyu	ぎょ gyo
じゃ ja	じゅ ju	じょ jo
びゃ bya	びゅ byu	びょ byo
ぴゃ pya	ぴゅ pyu	ぴょ pyo

I showed you this chart because I will use Romaji when I explain to you about Japanese grammar.
So I thought it would cause some confusion if I didn't explain about Romaji at all.

You should just remember that Romaji is a way to write Japanese words using the alphabet.

Please use the quiz to confirm if you remember all Romaji characters!
Hiragana quiz >>

By the way, は sometimes makes the sound 'wa' instead of 'ha'.
Why does it happen?

In the next article, let's learn about post-positional particle, は(wa)!
～は(wa) >>

I hope this article helps you study Japanese.
Thank you for reading!