Sound practice

February 26th, 2010

If your goal is to be able to speak Japanese, then one of the most basic things that you need to know is how to pronounce the language’s sounds.

Knowing how to properly pronounce and recognize the building blocks of the Japanese language is essential to improving your overall pronunciation, fluency, and listening ability.

Follow along with the video below and repeat after each sound. Have fun!

Reference Chart

alphabet chart Chart thanks to www.saiga-jp.com.

  1. benyleon
    July 11th, 2009 at 02:03 | #1

    this is a great and complete lesson about Japanese, thanks!

  2. ellen
    September 7th, 2009 at 15:13 | #2

    hi there!its my firsttime to open website,its great i think it is a big help for us especially to me as a single mom,who wants to learn japanese for free…thanks,just continue doing ur show n more power…

  3. katy
    February 5th, 2011 at 01:06 | #3

    why are there two different ko’s for hiragana? is there a difference?(not talking about romanji or katakana)

  4. March 5th, 2011 at 06:10 | #4

    this is so cool…!i may now search in google for some japanese words