Hiragana | Romanization | Pronunciation | Description
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 | wa | [wa]
| Japanese "w" + Japanese "a".
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 | i | [i]
| This hiragana is not used in modern Japanese.*
It shares the same phoneme with . Its pronunciation was "wi", but "w" has been lost.
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 | u | [ ]
| This is the hiragana for "u".
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 | e | [e]
| This hiragana is not used in modern Japanese.*
It shares the same phoneme with . Its pronunciation was "we", but "w" has been lost.
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 | o | [o]
| There is a single-kana postposition with this kana in modern Japanese. Other than that, this kana is not used in modern Japanese. It shares the same phoneme with .
Its pronunciation was "wo", but "w" has been lost. The Romanization is "o", but some people use "wo" instead.
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