Nick Hoyt

We’re now at the final section of hiragana characters and the individual sounds that they represent. In this lesson you will learn what the combination sounds in Japanese are and how to form them. This part gets interesting as we … Read more

We are now at the final lesson for our modified hiragana and their associated sounds. This time it is all about the letter “p” which is a great one to end it on. What is “p” in Japanese? Well it’s … Read more

Alright, now we are going to get to that sound I accidentally introduced too early in one of the example words in the previous lesson. Of course, I’m not only going to give you that one sound, I’m going to … Read more

Now we get to the “d” section, but honestly I can barely call it that. There’s also a “z” and a “j” in this group! Some of these characters rarely get used, and others are way too common! What is … Read more

In English, the letter “z” is the last one in the alphabet. Sometimes this can give it a special feeling of completion since it comes at the end. But we’re not even close to being done with this course! What … Read more