The hiragana chart — plus the pages that teach you how it sounds
A free printable starter pack: two full pronunciation pages from the workbook, tracing sheets for your first ten characters, and all 46 on one chart.
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What's inside
- All 46 hiragana on one printable page — Letter size, made to pin up
- Tracing sheets for あ through こ, with stroke guides
- Two full pronunciation pages — か and つ, exactly as they appear in the book
- A look at the full book — how the other 44 characters get the same treatment, with a link to find it
- A request form — tell us what to make next
Why the pronunciation pages are different
Most beginner books say あ sounds like "ah" and stop. These pages show which English words actually match the Japanese sound — and which ones don't. か matches the vowel in car and calm, but not cake. You get IPA for accuracy and plain English so you don't need a linguistics degree.
If the starter pack is useful
The two pronunciation pages above are a sample of a bigger book — My First Japanese Words (151 pages, 2nd Edition) gives all 46 characters the same treatment: IPA, matching English words, the ones that don't match, stroke order, and room to practice. If that's the kind of thing you'd keep around, it's on Amazon. Either way, the starter pack above is yours to keep.