カタカナ
Same 46 sounds, sharper shapes — used for foreign words, names and loanwords like コーヒー.
Don't try to learn all of these at once! Learn just one row (5 sounds) at a time — starting with ア イ ウ エ オ. That's plenty for today. 🌸
- 1Tap the 5 characters in one row to hear each sound.
- 2Flip the flashcards for that row until they feel easy.
- 3Take the quick quiz, then move to the next row.
KATAKANA
Click any character to hear it. Empty cells are intentional — those sounds use the same character as the A-row.
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These shapes trip up almost every beginner. 🔊 Tap a character to hear it, and read the tip for the difference.
The famous one! シ’s strokes sweep in from the SIDE (a “she” smile); ツ’s drop from the TOP (a “tsu”nami). Watch the stroke angle.
ソ’s stroke goes top→down (“so”); ン’s goes bottom→up (“n”).
ウ has a top tick + roof; ワ is wide & open; フ is a single hook.
ケ has an extra little stroke on the left; ク doesn’t.
コ opens to the RIGHT (a box); ユ opens UP.
ア has a straight down-stroke from the corner; マ has a checkmark.