Let's Learn Hiragana

Let's Learn Hiragana

by Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura

Kodansha International, 195. 71 pages. Nonfiction

This text teaches hiragana, the basic Japanese written alphabet in well-tested, step-by-step lessons for individual study. There are three types of Japanese script-katakana, hiragana, and kanji. It is possible to read Japanese knowing only a limited number of kanji, but it is not possible with only a limited number of katakana or hiragana-one must know all of them. Let's Learn Hiragana, and its companion volume Let's Learn Katakana, is a textbook that introduces the learner to the basics of one of these fundamental Japanese scripts.

If you want to learn Japanese, learning Hiragana is the first step. I found this book to be a big help in learning to write Hiragana, and in memorizing them as well.

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