Chapter 114: Beginner Vocabulary 1 - あ (32 words)

Description: Here are 32 words beginning with あ

For this course, hiragana and katakana will remain the same as Japanese. There will be some changes:

| a| i| u| e| o ---|---|---|---|---|--- y| や （ヤ）| いぃ（イィ）| ゆ（ユ）| いぇ（イェ）| よ（ヨ） w| わ（ワ）| うぃ（ウィ）| うぅ（ウゥ）| うぇ（ウェ）| を（ヲ）

Note that in some textbooks, they will use をぅ instead of うぅ, but just stick to what is in the chart for the sake of this course.

Also note that っ represents a glottal stop.

I wrote that it may mean pit, but let me explain. It can mean a hole that goes vertically, but it can also mean the holes for house poles often used to make a low house like the picture below: