Hiragana - trivia 51

What sounds are these hiragana two-character combinations?
きゅ
a) hyo
b) kyu
c) hya

ぢゃ
a) nya
b) jo
c) ja

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Hiragana - trivia 50

What sounds are these hiragana two-character combinations?
みゃ
a) mya
b) ryo
c) pya

りゅ
a) bya
b) ryu
c) pyu

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Hiragana - trivia 49

What sounds are these hiragana two-character combinations?
ぎゃ
a) nya
b) ryo
c) gya

じゃ
a) gyo
b) ja
c) sha

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Hiragana - trivia 48

What sounds are these hiragana two-character combinations?
ぴゃ
a) bya
b) kya
c) pya

びゅ
a) byu
b) bya
c) myu

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Hiragana - trivia 47

What sounds are these hiragana two-character combinations?
きゃ
a) hyu
b) kya
c) kyo

ぎょ
a) cha
b) gya
c) gyo

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Dakuten and handakuten

Dakuten ゛ (also called ten-ten ("dot dot") and handakuten ゜ (also called maru ("circle") are two signs that are used in the Japanese kana syllabaries hiragana and katakana to change the sounds of some of the characters. They are written after the character. Ten-ten is used more than maru.
An example is the hiragana character は ha.
It becomes ば ba with ten-ten added. It becomes ぱ pa with maru added.

Hiragana - trivia 46

What are the hiragana characters for these sounds? The other character is the sound in katakana.
a
a) あ
b) ア

e
a) エ
b) え

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Japan - facts 8

1) The Shinkansens are high-speed railway lines and trains.

2) The Yomiuri Giants are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Japan - facts 7

1) Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku are the four largest islands in Japan.

2) Honshu is the largest.

Japan - facts 6

1) Japan is an island country.

2) Tokyo is the most populous prefecture in Japan.

Japan - facts 5

1) Sakura are the flowers of cherry blossom trees.

2) Tokyo is on the east coast of Japan.

Japan - facts 4

1) Shibuya, in Tokyo, is known for fashion.

2) The Yen is the main currency unit.

Japan - facts 3

1) A ryokan is a Japanese inn.

2) Ocha is green tea.

Japan - facts 2

1) Japan is Nippon or Nihon in Japanese. Nippon is more formal. Nippon and Nihon mean "the sun's origin".

2) Japan is known as the "Land of the Rising Sun".

Japan - facts 1

1) Tokyo is the capital of Japan.

2) Tokyo is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan.

Romaji

Using the Latin script alphabet to write Japanese is called romaji in Japan. Romaji is used for non Japanese speakers who can't read kanji or the kana scripts hiragana and katakana. It is used in dictionaries and textbooks and other places. It is also used to input text into computers.