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Kantan Kana S2 #5
Kantan Kana #5: Hiragana , , , ,

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Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Grammar
Cultural Insight

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VOCABULARY
Kanji

Kana

R omaji

English

natsu

summer

inoshishi

wild boar

okane

money

neko

cat

kinu

silk

inu

dog

kani

crab

niku

meat

anata

you

ono

axe

C lass

noun

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Inoshishi ga kusa o tabete iru.

Kuroneko ga yokogitte iku.

"The wild boars are chewing the grass."

"The black cat is walking across the screen."

Keashi no nagai inu ga bru o oikakete iru.

"The shaggy dog is running after a ball."

GRAMMAR
Le sson #5 -

numbe r of st roke s: 4

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 is one of just three hiragana characters that have four strokes.

numbe r of st roke s: 3
There's a hane on the first stroke. The character kind of looks like a knee. The two strokes
are the knee cap. Do you see it?

numbe r of st roke s: 2
The first stroke goes at an angle. The second stroke crosses over twice and ends in a loop.

numbe r of st roke s: 2
The first stroke is straight up and down. Then we cross it once, twice, three times and
finish in a loop. Think of this loop as a fish, swimming in a net.

numbe r of st roke s: 1
Just think of this as a sign with a slash through it, like a no smoking sign.

CULTURAL INSIGHT
Correction
Video, at min 00:38 the host says that " is one of just three hiragana characters that have

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four strokes", but there are five characters that have four strokes, .

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