Hiragana | Phoneme | Romanization | Description
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 | /wa/ | "wa"
| Japanese "w" + Japanese "a".
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 | /i/ | "i"
| This hiragana is not used in modern Japanese.
It shares the same phoneme with /i/. Its pronunciation was "wi", but "w" has been lost.
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 | /u/ | "u"
| This is the hiragana for /u/.
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 | /e/ | "e"
| This hiragana is not used in modern Japanese.
It shares the same phoneme with /e/. Its pronunciation was "we", but "w" has been lost.
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 | /o/ | "o"
| There is a single-syllable word with this kana in modern Japanese.
Other than that, this kana is not used in modern Japanese.
It shares the same phoneme with /o/.
Its pronunciation was "wo", but "w" has been lost.
The Romanization is "o", but some people use "wo" instead.
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