Hiragana and katakana
かな Kana
Drill the kana with spaced repetition, and look them up in the charts below. The other drills are in the 練習 Practice menu; most are typed with a Japanese keyboard (set one up), but the kana drill is answered in English letters.
Drill
See a kana, type how it sounds. Cards you miss come back sooner, and a new row opens once you know the current ones.
Charts
Read the grid across: each row is one consonant with the five vowels. A red dot marks a kana you've learned in the drill.
Basic sounds
The 46 core characters, read across: a · i · u · e · o.
あa
いi
うu
えe
おo
かka
きki
くku
けke
こko
さsa
しshi
すsu
せse
そso
たta
ちchi
つtsu
てte
とto
なna
にni
ぬnu
ねne
のno
はha
ひhi
ふfu
へhe
ほho
まma
みmi
むmu
めme
もmo
やya
ゆyu
よyo
らra
りri
るru
れre
ろro
わwa
をo
んn
ん is the only consonant that stands alone.
Dakuten & handakuten
Two ticks (゛) voice a sound: か ka → が ga. A circle (゜) turns h into p: は → ぱ.
がga
ぎgi
ぐgu
げge
ごgo
ざza
じji
ずzu
ぜze
ぞzo
だda
ぢji
づzu
でde
どdo
ばba
びbi
ぶbu
べbe
ぼbo
ぱpa
ぴpi
ぷpu
ぺpe
ぽpo
Combinations
An i-sound plus a small ゃ ゅ ょ merges into one beat: き + ゃ → きゃ kya.
きゃkya
きゅkyu
きょkyo
しゃsha
しゅshu
しょsho
ちゃcha
ちゅchu
ちょcho
にゃnya
にゅnyu
にょnyo
ひゃhya
ひゅhyu
ひょhyo
みゃmya
みゅmyu
みょmyo
りゃrya
りゅryu
りょryo
ぎゃgya
ぎゅgyu
ぎょgyo
じゃja
じゅju
じょjo
びゃbya
びゅbyu
びょbyo
ぴゃpya
ぴゅpyu
ぴょpyo