Japanese Script and Basic Grammar

📋 Course Outline

1. Hiragana Characters
2. Katakana Characters
3. Writing Stroke Order
4. Sentence Structure
5. Japanese Particles
6. Verb Conjugation
7. Basic Vocabulary
8. Numbers and Counters
9. Greetings and Phrases

📖 1. Hiragana Characters

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Hiragana: A phonetic Japanese syllabary consisting of 46 basic characters used primarily for native words, grammatical functions, and particles.
• Syllabary: A set of written characters representing syllables; in Japanese, both hiragana and katakana are syllabaries.
• Stroke Order: The correct sequence of pen strokes used to write each character, essential for proper handwriting and recognition.
• Native Vocabulary: Words of Japanese origin that are typically written in hiragana, especially when kanji are not used or unknown.
• Grammatical Functions: Use of hiragana to indicate particles, verb endings, and other grammatical markers in sentences.

📝 Essential Points