FUJITSU's Guide to Japanese
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7Preliminaries How to write kana(2) (In this textbook Romanized letters are written as shown on the previous page.)■How to write long vowels in hiragana To denote a long vowel ending with an 'a,' 'i' or 'u,' an extra 'a(あ),' 'i(い)' or 'u(う)' is added.Example: おかあさん okaasan mother  おにいさん oniisan older brother ゆうべ yuube last nightTo denote a long vowel ending with an 'e,' an 'e(い)' is added.*Example: とけい tokee watch, clock  せんせい sensee teacherExceptions: おねえさん oneesan older sister  ええ ee yesTo denote a long vowel ending with an 'o,' an 'o(う)' is added.*Example: いもうと imooto younger sister  こうえん kooen parkException: おおきい ookii big  おおい ooi many  こおり koori ice▶ The written forms of the names of a person, place, company, etc., use English.Example: さとう Sato  とうきょう Tokyo  きょうと Kyoto こうべ Kobe  ふじつう Fujitsu* In hiragana, to denote a long vowel ending with an 「い」 or 「う」, an 「い」or 「う」 is added, but as these are pronounced as 'e' and 'o' respectively, in Romanized letters they are written as 'e' and 'o.' ■How to write long vowels in katakanaTo denote a long vowel in katakana, 'ー' is used.Example: チーム chiimu team  コーヒー koohii coffee2. Consonants1)Voiceless, voiced and 'pa' soundsIn Japanese, words can be pronounced with a voiceless sound (the 'ka,' 'sa,' 'ta' and 'ha' rows), a voiced sound (the 'ga,' 'za,' 'da' and 'ba' rows) or a 'pa' sound (the 'pa' row). Note that whichever one of these is used will alter the meaning of the word. Example: また mata again : まだ mada (not) yet だれか dare ka someone : だれが dare ga who ぼろぼろ boroboro tattered : ぽろぽろ poroporo in large drops

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