Japanese Picture Book

小さいひらがなの本Little Hiragana Book

illustrator/author: Cody Rodeferコヲディー·ロデファー

with immense praise and special thanks to:Tasuku Agari 上里祐 (あがりたすく）

and also for helping:Douglas Rountree

Dr. Segi

ありari(ah)ant

いぬinu(ee)dog

うまuma(oo)horse

えびebi

(eh)shrimp

おに

oni(oh)ogre

かいkaishell note: all but one of the Japanese letters have

the the a, i, u, e, or o sound in them, as in ah, ee, oo, eh, and oh.

きkitreenote: the kanji(chinese character)for き is 木

くま

kumabear

けkehair

こい

koiKoi

さる

sarumonkey

しか

shikadeer

すいか

suikawatermelon

せみsemicicada

そら

sorasky

たこ

takooctopus

ちょう

choubutterfly

note:ち has the sound “chi” in English, but can be combined with other characters to make the sounds “cha”

“chu” and “cho”, but not “che”, which does not exist in Japanese:

つきtsukimoon note: the “tsu” sound does not exist in English

てんし

tenshiangel

とらtoratiger

なし

nashiJapanese pear

にわとりniwatorichicken

ぬいぐるみ

nuigurumistuffed animal

ねこ

nekocat

のこぎり

nokogirisaw

はっぱ

happaleaf

note: the ''つ'' in はっぱ is actually a small tsu, which simply doubles the consonant sound after it.

ひhi

fire

ふうせんfuusenballoon

へたhetasnake

ほし

hoshistar

まぐろ

magurotuna

みかん

mikan

Mandarin Orange

むし

mushiinsect

めme (meh)eye

もり

moriforest

や yama ま mountain

yukiゆsnowき

ようちゅ

う

youchuularva; caterpillar;

chrysalis

りんご

ringoapple

るす

rusu

absence;being away from home

note: No one is home is でかけています。

れいrei

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ろうそく

rousokucandle

わたし

watashiI

” ” ” ”を と ん から始まる言葉はありません！！

The letters “ ”を and “ ”ん never start words. “ ”を is not in any words, and is used to mark objects of verbs.

It is spelled wo sometimes, but sounds like o. “ ”ん can make a grunt n sound, like going mmm quickly only with n, not m. It can also

make the n sound like in drippin', or be part of the ng sound, like in manga.