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Words that you can practice writing with only the first hiragana – the vowels and the k sounds. (a, e, i, o, u, ka, ki, ku, ke, and ko)
koe – voice
kaku – write
oke – wooden bucket
kao – face, honor
ie – house, extended family
aki – autumn
iu – say
akai – red
aoi – blue
kioku – memory
ekaki – painter
Words that you can practice writing with only the first hiragana – the vowels and the k sounds. (a, e, i, o, u, ka, ki, ku, ke, and ko)
ai – love
ue – above; top
oka – hill
kiku – hea, ask; chrysanthemum
koke – moss
ike – pond
kau – buy
eki – station
iku ( ?? ) – go
koko ( ?? ) – here
au ( ?? ) – meet
Mobile blogging. Most bloggers in Japan post from their mobile phones. MIXI, the number one social networking site in the country, reported in September of 2007 that posts from phones were more common than those from computers.
A great example of this in America is the use of e-mail or voice posts on sites such as LiveJournal or WordPress. I even have a WordPress app on my iPhone now that allows me to post without using a special e-mail address or phone number. Moblogging is highly addictive.
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This is a chart of Katakana characters, to be used as reference in later lessons. A very useful thing to learn! Katakana is learned AFTER Hirigana in most cases.
Katakana Chart
This is a chart of Hirigana characters, to be used as reference in later lessons. A very useful thing to learn!
Hirigana Chart
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