{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/alphabet-hiragana-basic",
 "id": "alphabet-hiragana-basic",
 "title": "Hiragana: The 46 Basic Characters",
 "category": "world-languages",
 "subject": "Alphabets and Scripts",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12",
  "college",
  "adult"
 ],
 "description": "The 46 basic hiragana, the Japanese syllable characters, and how each one sounds in romaji.",
 "tags": [
  "japanese",
  "hiragana",
  "kana",
  "script"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Hiragana",
 "backLabel": "Romaji",
 "cards": [
  [
   "あ",
   "a",
   "like the a in father"
  ],
  [
   "い",
   "i",
   "like ee in feet"
  ],
  [
   "う",
   "u",
   "like oo in moon"
  ],
  [
   "え",
   "e",
   "like e in bed"
  ],
  [
   "お",
   "o",
   "like o in order"
  ],
  [
   "か",
   "ka"
  ],
  [
   "き",
   "ki"
  ],
  [
   "く",
   "ku"
  ],
  [
   "け",
   "ke"
  ],
  [
   "こ",
   "ko"
  ],
  [
   "さ",
   "sa"
  ],
  [
   "し",
   "shi",
   "like she"
  ],
  [
   "す",
   "su"
  ],
  [
   "せ",
   "se"
  ],
  [
   "そ",
   "so"
  ],
  [
   "た",
   "ta"
  ],
  [
   "ち",
   "chi",
   "like chee"
  ],
  [
   "つ",
   "tsu",
   "like the ts in cats plus oo"
  ],
  [
   "て",
   "te"
  ],
  [
   "と",
   "to"
  ],
  [
   "な",
   "na"
  ],
  [
   "に",
   "ni"
  ],
  [
   "ぬ",
   "nu"
  ],
  [
   "ね",
   "ne"
  ],
  [
   "の",
   "no"
  ],
  [
   "は",
   "ha",
   "as a particle it is read wa"
  ],
  [
   "ひ",
   "hi"
  ],
  [
   "ふ",
   "fu",
   "a soft sound between fu and hu"
  ],
  [
   "へ",
   "he",
   "as a particle it is read e"
  ],
  [
   "ほ",
   "ho"
  ],
  [
   "ま",
   "ma"
  ],
  [
   "み",
   "mi"
  ],
  [
   "む",
   "mu"
  ],
  [
   "め",
   "me"
  ],
  [
   "も",
   "mo"
  ],
  [
   "や",
   "ya"
  ],
  [
   "ゆ",
   "yu"
  ],
  [
   "よ",
   "yo"
  ],
  [
   "ら",
   "ra",
   "the r is a quick tap, between r and l"
  ],
  [
   "り",
   "ri"
  ],
  [
   "る",
   "ru"
  ],
  [
   "れ",
   "re"
  ],
  [
   "ろ",
   "ro"
  ],
  [
   "わ",
   "wa"
  ],
  [
   "を",
   "wo",
   "read like o; used as a particle"
  ],
  [
   "ん",
   "n",
   "the only single consonant"
  ]
 ]
}