第16課Lesson 16 of 16
Blended sounds: GY, J, BY, PY
Finally, blend the voiced and puffed kana. ジャ, ジュ, ジョ are ja, ju, jo. ヂャ, ヂュ, ヂョ sound the same but you are unlikely to meet them.
ギャギュギョジャジュジョヂャヂュヂョビャビュビョピャピュピョ
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How it sounds
This set combines the voicing marks with blends. ジャ, ジュ, ジョ are ja as in jar, ju as in juice, and jo as in joke. ギャ is gya, ビャ is bya, and ピャ is pya. In katakana, ジャ ジュ ジョ do the work; ヂャ ヂュ ヂョ are next to unseen.
Reading tips
Easy to mix up
ジャ, ジュ, and ジョ are everywhere: ジャム, ジュース, ジョギング. These are the blends to drill first.
ビュ and ピュ differ only by the mark at the top right, which matters in words like レビュー and コンピューター.
New kana
Picture each shape, then say it.
ギ + small ヤ: gya.
ギ + small ユ: gyu.
ギ + small ヨ: gyo.
ジ + small ヤ: ja.
ジ + small ユ: ju.
ジ + small ヨ: jo.
ヂ + small ヤ: ja, same as ジャ and very rare.
ヂ + small ユ: ju, same as ジュ and very rare.
ヂ + small ヨ: jo, same as ジョ and very rare.
ビ + small ヤ: bya.
ビ + small ユ: byu.
ビ + small ヨ: byo.
ピ + small ヤ: pya.
ピ + small ユ: pyu.
ピ + small ヨ: pyo.
Real vocabulary
Words you can read now
- ジャムjamujam
- ジュースjūsujuice
- ジョギングjogingujogging
- コンピューターkonpyūtācomputer
- デビューdebyūdebut
- ギャラリーgyararīgallery