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with Hiragana Audios

Learn to speak Japanese online for free with the audio sounds of all the hiragana characters.

This will help you understand the correct pronunciation of each Japanese hiragana, and build a solid foundation.

Listen to the all the audio sounds as much as possible until you are familiarize with the pronunciations.

Try follow the audios by reading out each of them loudly.

The table below shows the 46 basic hiragana characters.

There is a play button below each character.

Click on the button to play the individual sound.

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

Audio sounds for 濁音 (dakuon) and 半濁音 (handakuon)

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g-line	が ga	ぎ gi	ぐ gu	げ ge	ご go
z-line	ざ za	じ ji	ず zu	ぜ ze	ぞ zo
d-line	だ da	ぢ ji	づ zu	で de	ど do
b-line	ば ba	び bi	ぶ bu	べ be	ぼ bo
p-line	ぱ pa	ぴ pi	ぷ pu	ぺ pe	ぽ po

Audio sounds for 拗音 (youon)

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k-line	きゃ kya	きゅ kyu	きょ kyo
s-line	しゃ sha	しゅ shu	しょ sho
t-line	ちゃ cha	ちゅ chu	ちょ cho
n-line	にゃ nya	にゅ nyu	にょ nyo
h-line	ひゃ hya	ひゅ hyu	ひょ hyo
m-line	みゃ mya	みゅ myu	みょ myo
r-line	りゃ rya	りゅ ryu	りょ ryo

Audio sounds for 拗音 (youon) with 濁点 (dakuten) and 半濁点 (handakuten)

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g-line	ぎゃ gya	ぎゅ gyu	ぎょ gyo
z-line	じゃ ja	じゅ ju	じょ jo
b-line	びゃ bya	びゅ byu	びょ byo
p-line	ぴゃ pya	ぴゅ pyu	ぴょ pyo

Audio sounds for 促音 (sokuon)

Listen to the differences between words with sokuon and without sokuon.

Without sokuon	Meaning	With sokuon	Meaning
かこ kako (過去)	past	かっこ kakko (括弧)	parenthesis
にし nishi (西)	west	にっし nisshi (日誌)	journal
うた uta (歌)	song	うった utta (売った)	sold
きて kite (着て)	wear	きって kitte (切手)	stamp

Audio sounds for Long Vowels 長音 (chouon)

Listen to the differences between words with chouon and without chouon.

Without chouon	Meaning	With chouon	Meaning
おばさん obasan	aunt	おばあさん obaasan	grandmother
おじさん ojisan	uncle	おじいさん ojiisan	grandfather
いえ ie (家)	home	いいえ iie	no
つち tsuchi (土)	earth	つうち tsuuchi (通知)	notice
ここ koko	here	こうこう koukou (高校)	high school

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