🗺️ Travel — Part 1/4
| English | 漢字 | ひらがな | カタカナ | rōmaji | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✈ | airplane | 飛行機 | ひこうき | ヒコウキ | hikouki |
| 🏨 | hotel | — | ホテル | ホテル | hoteru |
| 🚕 | taxi | — | タクシー | タクシー | takushii |
| ✈ | travel | 旅行 | りょこう | リョコウ | ryokou |
| 🌊 | sea | 海 | うみ | ウミ | umi |
| 🏯 | castle | 城 | しろ | シロ | shiro |
| 🏎 | car | 車 | くるま | クルマ | kuruma |
| 🌉 | bridge | 橋 | はし | ハシ | hashi |
How to read this sheet
- 漢字 kanji
- Characters borrowed from Chinese that carry meaning. One character can have several readings depending on the word.
- ひらがな hiragana
- The core Japanese syllabary. Every word can be written in hiragana — it also shows you exactly how the kanji is pronounced.
- カタカナ katakana
- The angular syllabary used for loanwords (パン, バス), emphasis and many animal or science terms.
- romaji
- Latin-alphabet transcription (Hepburn style) — a pronunciation guide while your kana is still warming up.