STEP2: Katakana｜Learn With Full Chart (PDF) and Audio

If you want to start learning Japanese, the first step is to learn hiragana and katakana.
You should be able to read, pronounce, and write hiragana and katakana.
There are 52 hiragana and katakana characters each.
(Sometimes they are combined and pronounced differently.)

STEP1: Hiragana｜Learn With Full Chart (PDF) and AudioIf you want to start learning Japanese, the first step is to learn h...

STEP１：Know Katakana

The basic form is a – i – u – e – o.
Then add K – S – ….. and they become different katakana.

STEP２：Pronounce them

Pronounce the each katakana while looking at the katakana chart.

Get HIragana and Katakana Full Charts

basic	ア・イ・ウ・エ・オ
K	カ・キ・ク・ケ・コ
S	サ・シ・ス・セ・ソ
T	タ・チ・ツ・テ・ト
N	ナ・ニ・ヌ・ネ・ノ
H	ハ・ヒ・フ・へ・ホ
M	マ・ミ・ム・メ・モ
Y	ヤ・ユ・ヨ
R	ラ・リ・ル・レ・ロ
W	ワ・ン・ヲ

STEP3：Know Irregular Katakana

Some katakana are pronounced differently by adding 「゛」 or 「゜」, and some katakana are pronounced differently by adding smaller letters such as 「ャ」, 「ュ」, and 「ョ」.
Let’s learn what kinds of katakana there are and how to pronounce them.

Katakana with 「゛」「゜」

G	ガ・ギ・グ・ゲ・ゴ
Z	ザ・ジ・ズ・ゼ・ゾ
D	ダ・ヂ・ヅ・デ・ド
B	バ・ビ・ブ・ベ・ボ
P	パ・ピ・プ・ぺ・ポ

Katakana with 「ャ」, 「ュ」, and 「ョ」

KY	キャ・キュ・キョ
SH	シャ・シュ・ショ
CH	チャ・チュ・チョ
NY	ニャ・ニュ・ニョ
HY	ヒャ・ヒュ・ヒョ
MY	ミャ・ミュ・ミョ
RY	リャ・リュ・リョ
GY	ギャ・ギュ・ギョ
J	ジャ・ジュ・ジョ
BY	ビャ・ビュ・ビョ
PY	ピャ・ピュ・ピョ