Ultimate Beginner Japanese Unit 0 & 1 Notes: Alphabet, Greetings, Jobs, & Nationality
Unit 0: Alphabet + Sound System
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 つ (tsu) て (te) と (to)
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)
な (na) に (ni) ぬ (nu) ね (ne) の (no)
わ (wa) を (wo) ん (n)
ア(a) イ(i) ウ (u) エ (e) オ(o)
カ (ka) キ (ki) ク (ku) ケ (ke) コ (ko)
サ (sa) シ (shi) ス (su) セ (se) ソ (so)
タ(ta) チ (chi) ツ (tsu) テ (te) ト(to)
ナ (na) ニ (ni) ヌ (nu) ネ (ne) ノ(no)
ハ (ha) ヒ (hi) フ (fu) へ (he) ホ (ho)
マ (ma) ミ (mi) ム (mu) メ (me) モ (mo)
ヤ (ya) ユ (yu) ヨ (yo)
ラ (ra) リ(ri) ル (ru) レ (re) ロ (ro)
ワ (wa) ン (n) ヲ (wo)
が / ガ (ga) ぎ / ギ (gi) ぐ / グ (gu) げ / ゲ (ge) ご / ゴ (go)
ざ / ザ (za) じ / ジ (zi) ず / ズ (zu) ぜ / ゼ (ze) ぞ / ゾ (zo)
, だ / ダ (da) ぢ / ヂ (di) づ / ヅ (du) で / デ (de) ど / ド (do)
ば / バ (ba) び / ビ (bi) ぶ / ブ (bu) べ / べ (be) ぼ / ボ (bo)
ぱ / パ (pa) ぴ / ピ (pi) ぷ / プ (pu) ペ / ペ (pe) ぽ / ポ (po)
Hello! Welcome to your first Japanese resource of this bundle! Before we begin, this document was
created for beginners who want to learn Japanese, as the full bundle contains notes from greetings to
getting help to discussing plans! My goal here is to help develop your skills as well as vocabulary and
grammar!
To start off, one of the first things you should know in a language is greetings! There are plenty of
expressions to use, like “Hello”, “Bye”, “How are you?”, and so on. These are very important (because
everyone knows first impressions are important!) And we’ll dive into each one, as well as important
phrases you should know!
こんにちは
kon-ni-chi-wa
Hello!
— usual and polite way to say hello
ヤッホー
yah-ho-o!
Hello!
— used mostly by girls, women + children; highly informal — use with close friends and children
ハロー
hah-roh
hello!
— japanese way of “hello”; used by children if you look foreign
おはようございます!
o-ha-yo-go-zai-masu!
Good morning!
こんばんは。
kon-ban-wa.
Good evening.
はじめまして!
ha-ji-me-ma-shite!
Nice to meet you!
Unit 0: Alphabet + Sound System
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 つ (tsu) て (te) と (to)
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)
な (na) に (ni) ぬ (nu) ね (ne) の (no)
わ (wa) を (wo) ん (n)
ア(a) イ(i) ウ (u) エ (e) オ(o)
カ (ka) キ (ki) ク (ku) ケ (ke) コ (ko)
サ (sa) シ (shi) ス (su) セ (se) ソ (so)
タ(ta) チ (chi) ツ (tsu) テ (te) ト(to)
ナ (na) ニ (ni) ヌ (nu) ネ (ne) ノ(no)
ハ (ha) ヒ (hi) フ (fu) へ (he) ホ (ho)
マ (ma) ミ (mi) ム (mu) メ (me) モ (mo)
ヤ (ya) ユ (yu) ヨ (yo)
ラ (ra) リ(ri) ル (ru) レ (re) ロ (ro)
ワ (wa) ン (n) ヲ (wo)
が / ガ (ga) ぎ / ギ (gi) ぐ / グ (gu) げ / ゲ (ge) ご / ゴ (go)
ざ / ザ (za) じ / ジ (zi) ず / ズ (zu) ぜ / ゼ (ze) ぞ / ゾ (zo)
, だ / ダ (da) ぢ / ヂ (di) づ / ヅ (du) で / デ (de) ど / ド (do)
ば / バ (ba) び / ビ (bi) ぶ / ブ (bu) べ / べ (be) ぼ / ボ (bo)
ぱ / パ (pa) ぴ / ピ (pi) ぷ / プ (pu) ペ / ペ (pe) ぽ / ポ (po)
Hello! Welcome to your first Japanese resource of this bundle! Before we begin, this document was
created for beginners who want to learn Japanese, as the full bundle contains notes from greetings to
getting help to discussing plans! My goal here is to help develop your skills as well as vocabulary and
grammar!
To start off, one of the first things you should know in a language is greetings! There are plenty of
expressions to use, like “Hello”, “Bye”, “How are you?”, and so on. These are very important (because
everyone knows first impressions are important!) And we’ll dive into each one, as well as important
phrases you should know!
こんにちは
kon-ni-chi-wa
Hello!
— usual and polite way to say hello
ヤッホー
yah-ho-o!
Hello!
— used mostly by girls, women + children; highly informal — use with close friends and children
ハロー
hah-roh
hello!
— japanese way of “hello”; used by children if you look foreign
おはようございます!
o-ha-yo-go-zai-masu!
Good morning!
こんばんは。
kon-ban-wa.
Good evening.
はじめまして!
ha-ji-me-ma-shite!
Nice to meet you!
