Easy and Fun Hiragana

Learn the basic Japanese syllabary from every angle: reading, writing, and real-world examples.

Learn the basic Japanese syllabary from every angle: reading, writing, and real-world examples.

A complete handbook for learning to read and write Japanese hiragana, the syllabary that is the first of Japan's three writing systems introduced to all beginning students. Using real-world examples, illustrations, quizzes, and practice squares, this book teaches correct stroke order as well as examples of how hiragana are used for question words, adverbs, special words, and pronunciation of difficult characters.