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平ひら仮が名な

usually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

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ひらがな

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hiragana, cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)(explanation)

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平仮名ひらがなは日本語にほんごの基本的きほんてきな文字もじの一ひとつです。

Hiragana is one of the basic scripts of the Japanese language.

助詞じょしや動詞どうしの活用形かつようけいは平仮名ひらがなで書かかれることが多おおい。

Particles and verb conjugations are often written in hiragana.

子こどもたちは小学校しょうがっこうに入はいる前まえに平仮名ひらがなを覚おぼえる。

Children learn hiragana before entering elementary school.

この単語たんごは漢字かんじではなく平仮名ひらがなで表記ひょうきするのが一般的いっぱんてきだ。

It is common to write this word in hiragana rather than kanji.

平仮名ひらがなと片仮名かたかなを合あわせて仮名かなと呼よぶことは、日本語にほんご学習者がくしゅうしゃにとって重要じゅうような知識ちしきである。

It is important knowledge for Japanese language learners that hiragana and katakana together are called kana.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)