On the next several pages you will find the following worksheets to help reinforce the concepts we’ve studied in the Learn Hiragana 101
Course. If you’re on a Kindle and you need to download these worksheets, here’s a link:
BASIC HIRAGANA CHART
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HIRAGANA CHART
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HIRAGANA-ROMAJI
MATCHING
ROMAJI TRANSCRIPTION WORKSHEET
Please use the blanks to write these romaji sentences in their hiragana form.
Read each sentence aloud, at least five times each, attempting to improve your
speed with each reading. Go at YOUR own pace.
1. Kyou wa atarashii kutsu wo kaimashita.
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Translation: I bought new shoes today.
2. Shougakko de, mainichi kyoushitsu ni
kyuushoku wo tabemasu.
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Translation: At the elementary school, we eat school lunch in the classroom
everyday.
3. Sumimasen, onamae wa nan desu ka?
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Translation: Excuse me, what’s your name?
4. Ashi wo kowarishita! Aaaa! Itai!
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Translation: My leg is broken! Ahhh! It hurts!
5. Zombie wa otokonohito no kao wo yukkuri
tabemashita.
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Translation: The zombie slowly ate the man’s face.
6. Ichiban sukina tabemono wa nan desu ka?
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Translation: What is your favorite food?
7. PS9 wa ikura desu ka? Ichiman en? Sore
dake? Yasui desu ne?
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Translation: How much is the Playstation 9? 10,000 yen? That’s all? It’s
cheap isn’t it?
8. Eiga wa dou deshita ka?
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Translation: How was the movie?
9. Doko ni kara kimashita? Kyouto kara
kimashita.
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Translation: Where are you from? I’m from Kyoto.
10. Konshumatsu wa nani wo shite imasu ka?
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Translation: What are you doing this weekend?
HIRAGANA TRANSCRIPTION WORKSHEET
Please change the following ten hiragana sentences into their romaji form
Read each sentence aloud, at least five times each, attempting to improve your
speed with each reading. Go at YOUR own pace.
1
1.
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Translation: Mom! What’s for dinner? Please make your own dinner.
2.
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Translation: The dog ate the man’s leg.
3.
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Translation: Excuse me, where is the bank?
4.
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Translation: My name is Shinji. It’s nice to meet you.
5.
2
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Translation: I ate a lot of crayons yesterday. Please go to the hospital!
1 . I don’t want you to worry about meanings, which is why I added translations.
Please just practice transcribing the characters for now.
2 This is the word for crayon in Japanese, which is normally spelled using katakana characters. But for today, we’ll use hiragana for the sake of practice.
6.
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Translation: What kind of car do you have? I don’t have a car, I have a bicycle.
7.
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Translation: Which do you like between sushi, ramen, and shabu shabu?
8.
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Translation: If I were rich, I’d buy a golden toilet.
9.
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Translation: There is a squirrel in the garden. We’re having squirrel stew for
dinner.
10.
3
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Translation: Mickey and Goofy got into a fight. Goofy died.
3 I highlighted Mickey and Goofy’s names in English because you would normally write them in katakana. However, for the sake of practice, let’s use hiragana to write them today.
HIRAGANA‐ROMAJI MATCHING WORKSHEET
Match the hiragana word to the corresponding romaji word using a line.
りんご
すいか
みかん
なし
もも
t on rry rui
いちご
ぶどう ge mel es
‐ F
くだもの
wbe
ran ter rap
tra ear
‐ O
‐ G
‐ S each
‐ Wa
‐ P なし
ぶどう
‐ P
くだもの –
みかん
すいか
いちご
もも
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– o – an ou am ca ‐ igo
Nash
Sui
Mik
Bud
Ich
Kud
Mom
4.
2.
3.
8.
7.
5.
6.
e ppl りんご ‐ A o ‐ Ring 1.
HIRAGANA TRANSCRIPTION WORKSHEET
(ANSWER KEY:
Answers are written and underlined in red)
1.
Okaasaan! Bangohan wa naani? Jibun de bangohan wo tsukute kudasai 。
Translation: Mom! What’s for dinner? Please make your own dinner.
2.
Inu wa otoko no hito no ashi wo tabemashita 。
Translation: The dog ate the man’s leg.
3.
Sumimasen, ginkou wa doko desu ka?
Translation: Excuse me, where is the bank?
4.
Watashi wa shinji desu. Hajimemashite.
Translation: My name is Shinji. It’s nice to meet you.
5.
!
Kinou takusan kureyon wo tabemashita. Byouin ni itte kudasai!
Translation: I ate a lot of crayons yesterday. Please go to the hospital!
6.
Donna kuruma wo motte imasu ka? Kurma ga arimasen,
Jitensha ga arimasu.
Translation: What kind of car do you have? I don’t have a car, I have a bicycle.
7.
Sushi to ramen to shabu shabu no naka de, dore ga suki desu ka.
Translation: Which do you like between sushi, ramen, and shabu shabu?
8.
Moshi okanemochi ni natara, kin no toire wo kaimasu.
Translation: If I were rich, I’d buy a golden toilet.
9.
Ie no niwa ni risu ga imasu. Yuushoku wa risu nabe desu.
Translation: There is a squirrel in the garden. We’re having squirrel stew for dinner.
10.
4
Mikki to Guufii wa kenka wo shimashita. Guufii wa shinda.
Translation: Mickey and Goofy got into a fight. Goofy died.
4 I highlighted Mickey and Goofy’s names in English because you would normally write them in katakana. However, for the sake of practice, let’s use hiragana to write them today.
ROMAJI TRANSCRIPTION WORKSHEET
(ANSWER KEY:
Answers are written and underlined in red)
1. Kyou wa atarashii kutsu wo kaimashita.
きょうわあたらしいくつをかいました。
Translation: I bought new shoes today.
2. Shougakko de, mainichi kyoushitsu ni
kyuushoku wo tabemasu.
しょうがっこでまいにちきょうしつに
きゅうしょくをたべます。
Translation: At the elementary school, we eat school lunch in the classroom
everyday.
3. Sumimasen, onamae wa nan desu ka?
すみませんおなまえわなんですか?
Translation: Excuse me, what’s your name?
4. Ashi wo kowarishita! Aaaa! Itai!
あしをこわりした!あああ!いたい!
Translation: My leg is broken! Ahhh! It hurts!
5. Zombie wa otokonohito no kao wo yukkuri
tabemashita.
ぞんびわおとこのひとのかおをゆっくり
たべました。
Translation: The zombie slowly ate the man’s face.
6. Ichiban sukina tabemono wa nan desu ka?
いちばんすきなたべものわなんですか?
Translation: What is your favorite food?
7. PS9 wa ikura desu ka? Ichiman en? Sore
dake? Yasui desu ne?
PS わいくらですか?いちまんえん?それ
だけ?やすいですね?
Translation: How much is the Playstation 9? 10,000 yen? That’s all? It’s
cheap isn’t it?
8. Eiga wa dou deshita ka?
えいがわどうでしたか?
Translation: How was the movie?
9. Doko ni kara kimashita? Kyouto kara
kimashita.
どこにからきました?きょうとから
きました。
Translation: Where are you from? I’m from Kyoto.
10. Konshuumatsu wa nani wo shite imasu ka?
こんしゅうまつはなにをしていますか?
Translation: What are you doing this weekend?