My wife and kids are learning hiragana and katakana. My wife is taking her first Japanese course at the university this fall. Her textbook, Genki, quickly loses the romaji and moves into hiragana and katakana only (as it should). So she needs to get up to speed quickly on reading hiragana (and katakana too).

For a car trip Labor Day weekend I thought some hiragana flash cards would be a good idea. Many sites on the internet try to sell you flash cards. I found a link that allows you to print them out for free. The .pdf file is downloadable. Just download, open it, read the directions on the last page, and print. I recommend turning your printer setting to draft mode for a couple of reasons. The first is that you will be printing a lot and your ink will run out sooner using a higher quality setting. The second is that if you are printing on paper, instead of cardstock, you may be able to see the reverse side of the flash card in anything but draft mode.

Here is the link:

http://unckel.de/kanacards/index-en.html

Another suggestion for learning Japanese with these flashcards is to include a Japanese word on the backside to learn with each hiragana or katakana character. There is plenty of space. For instance, on the back of flashcard あ write あい (love), on the back of flashcard い write いす (chair), etc.

For a completely free, online, downloadable, printable, complete set of Japanese hiragana and katakana flashcards to help you learn the characters quickly the above link can’t be beat.

Enjoy and happy studies!

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