HIRAGANA

DON’T GET CONFUSED!

か き く け こ ka ki ku ke ko
か ka→ ga
Add a ten-ten mark “ to the k – line syllables and they
will become: TRACE

e
ga

pl
が ぎ ぐ げ ご ga gi gu ge go
WRITE

m が
Sa
VOCABULARY
ga – moth が igai – except いがい

eiga – movie えいが kagaku – science かがく

がいこく
gaikoku – foreign country がいこく

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き ki→ gi く ku→ gu
TRACE TRACE

e
gi gu

pl
WRITE WRITE
ぎ
m ぐ
Sa
VOCABULARY VOCABULARY
kagi – key かぎ ぐあい
guai – state of health

kaigi – meeting; conference かいぎ kagu – furniture かぐ

kugi – nail くぎ

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け ke→ ge こ ko→ go
TRACE TRACE

e
ge go

pl
WRITE WRITE
げ
m ご
Sa
VOCABULARY VOCABULARY
kage – shadow かげ go – five ご gogo – afternoon ごご
geki – drama; play げき goi – vocabulary ごい
gekou – going or coming home from school げこう goukaku – passing (an exam)ごうかく
kougeki – attack こうげき kokugo – language; mother tongue こくご

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REVIEW

35 いがい except
____________________________________________________
47 ご five
____________________________________________________

36 えいが movie
____________________________________________________
48 ごい vocabulary
____________________________________________________

が ごうかく
passing
37 moth 49
____________________________________________________ (an exam) ____________________________________________________

38 かいぎ meeting;
50 こうげき attack

e
conference ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

がいこく foreign language;

39
country 51 こくご mother

pl
____________________________________________________
tongue ____________________________________________________
40 かがく science
____________________________________________________ 52 ごご afternoon
____________________________________________________
41 かぎ key

m
____________________________________________________

42 かぐ furniture
____________________________________________________

43 ぐあい state of
Sa
health ____________________________________________________

44 くぎ nail
____________________________________________________

45 げき drama;
play ____________________________________________________

going or
46 げこう coming
home from
school ____________________________________________________

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