Kana Tables

I know some of you out there have no clue so I put together a table on the kana, which I got from a Japanese Dictionary. I got it off of http://www.amazon.com.

Notes on Table:

  • [ed. it is listed as two in his list] "An asterisk (*) marks those syllables that, to a speaker of English, appear to have beginning consonants that do not match those of the other syllables in the same row. They do not appear in consistent from the standpoint of Japanese, which originally lacked such sounds as 'si,' 'ti,' 'tu,' etc." (Nakao: xix)

  • [ed. it is listed as three in his list] "The syllables shown in the parentheses are essentially used in Japanese only in words borrowed from other languages." (Nakao: xix)

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  • This comes from a dictionary and all material in Table form below is NOT mine. I swear that it isn't.

    Note:
    R= Romaji
    H= Hiragana
    K= Katakana
    P= Pronounced

    Table of Japanese Syllables in Romanji, Hiragana, and Katakana

    R H K P R H K P R H K P R H K P R H K P
    vowels a a a ah i i i ee u u u oo e e e eh o o o oh
    k+vowel ka kah ki kee ku koo ke keh ko koh
    s sa sah *shi shee su ss or s se seh so soh
    t ta tah *chi chee *tsu tsoo te teh to toh
    n na nah ni nee nu noo ne neh no noh
    h ha hah hi hee *fu foo he heh ho hoh
    m ma mah mi mee mu moo me meh mo moh
    y ya yah yu yoo yo yoh
    r ra rah ri ree ru roo re reh ro roh
    w wa wah wo woh
    n' n' n' (nasal)

    R H K P R H K P R H K P R H K P R H K P
    g ga gah gi gee gu goo ge geh go goh
    z za zah *ji jee zu zoo ze zeh zo zoh
    d da dah *ji jee *zu zoo de deh do doh
    b ba bah bi bee bu boo be beh bo boh

    p pa pah pi pee pu poo pe peh po poh

    R H K P R H K P R H K P R H K P R H K P
    ky kya kyah kyu kyoo kyo kyoh
    sh sha shah shi shee shu shoo (she) sheh sho shoh
    ch cha chah chi chee chu choo (che) cheh cho choh
    ny nya nyah nyu nyoo nyo nyoh
    hy hya hyah hyu hyoo hyo hyoh
    my mya myah myu myoo myo myoh
    ry rya ryah ryu ryoo ryo ryoh

    R H K P R H K P R H K P R H K P R H K P
    gy gya gyah gyu gyoo gyo gyoh
    j ja jah ji jee ju joo je jeh jo joh
    by bya byah byu byoo byo byoh
    py pya pyah pyu pyoo pyo pyoh

    R K P R K P R K P R K P R K P
    t ti tee tu too
    d di dee du doo
    f fa fah fi fee fe feh fo foh
    v va vah vi vee ve veh vo voh

    long A aa long I ee-ee long U oo-oo long E eheh long O ohoh
    ahah ee-ee oooo eheh ohoh
    ahah ee-ee oo-oo eheh ohoh
    ohoh

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