japanese

If you are learning Japanese for the first time, it may be relatively easy to start with conversation (listening and speaking) for travel and everyday situations.

Japanese children learn how to read hiragana first in primary school. Those whose first language is not Japanese will need to learn the meaning of the words as well as the hiragana readings.

　The 50 sound table of hiragana is important. This chart is made up of verb conjugations. Always refer to this table when learning verb conjugations. It is useful. The origin of this table is Sanskrit, and it is assumed that the prototype was created by a Buddhist monk who knew Sanskrit.

　A Japanese child entering primary school learns hiragana, katakana and 80 kanji characters in one year. By the time they enter junior high school, they will have learnt approximately 1,000 characters in six years.

　Children’s books and manga have hiragana added to the kanji, so if they understand the meaning of the words and can read hiragana, they can read pretty much anything.

　　

For beginners, it may be useful to practice reading Japanese sentences by cutting them into words.

Ex. わたし/は、こうえん/に、いき/ます。(I go to the park.）　

Image of the page head: 　Genji-monogatari no iro, 　1988　(editorial) supervision：Yoshiko Shimizu,Tsuneo yoshioka,　Heibonnsya LTD.,