Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com’s Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you will learn both Hiragana and Katakana, collectively known as Kana. Over twenty-five lessons, we will teach you Japanese Kana using simple steps, showing you the correct stroke order, helpful tricks for memorization, and proper usage in common Japanese words. If you want to get started reading and writing Japanese, this is THE place to start. You’ll learn Japanese in mere minutes with these audio and video lessons, so join us for Kantan Kana from JapanesePod101.com!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! In our third hiragana lesson, we’ll move on to the set of hiragana characters that start with “s”: さ、し、す、せ、そ、 and we’ll teach you a few words you can write with these characters. Are you ready to learn more Japanese characters and words? Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find other language-learning content, including other great Japanese videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more Japanese learning resources. Leave us a message while you are there!












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23 Responses to “Kantan Kana #3: Hiragana さ, し, す, せ, そ”
Friday at 6:30 pm
Hi everyone,
Welcome to the third lesson of Kantan Kana! Today we learn さ、し、す、せ、and そ!
Friday at 9:40 pm
This is a great series! thanks. Well organized, well presented. Good play with alphabets for small words.
Saturday at 12:30 am
Oh my, Chihiro-san is soooo pretty!!
And it’s a fun and easy series to boot.
Saturday at 12:32 am
Excellent lesson!
Saturday at 7:48 am
Congratulations you guys for this website; with your creativity you make learning Japanese so easy and fun. Chihiro-san has a good handwriting.
Sunday at 3:27 am
Hello all,
What’s the difference between Kata kana and Kantan Kana?
Sunday at 3:37 am
^^ LOL; “Kantan Kana” is just wordplay; it means “Easy Kana”.
Sunday at 5:49 am
I still miss Hiroko-chan
Sunday at 1:09 pm
Wow! This is soooo clear to see and understand. I especially like the short words spelled out right away. Nice job!!
Sunday at 5:16 pm
You mean Hiroko-chan left??
Sunday at 10:22 pm
its so help full i really take a good improvment from this website.
Thursday at 8:57 pm
These lessons are really great, from lesson #1 I could still Remember all the words, I can now even read them while they are written in Japanese! Good bye Romanji characters and welcome Katakana and Hirajana!
Thursday at 8:54 pm
What makes this so helpful is that she uses words using kana from previous lessons to keep the memory active. Using words helps so much more than just presenting letters.
Thursday at 9:20 pm
So, what does the kana at the top of your web page say? I read “yougoso”, but what does that mean?
Friday at 9:09 am
Mina-san,
Thank you very much for your comments!
Michael-san,
The ようこそ (youkoso) at the top of the website means “welcome”
Friday at 9:42 am
Looks like I fail JapanesePod101! Is there a JapanesePod100?
Thursday at 8:16 pm
I’m a bit confused with the word seki
Chihiro says something like “carve”…what is a carve? I only know “to carve”.
I googled it and it said, that it means chair like isu.
Can someone enlight me?
Friday at 10:50 am
Alessio-san
Chihiro said “cough”.
Friday at 7:46 pm
Thanks a lot Naomi-sensei.
Please excuse my stupidity.
Monday at 3:13 am
when she said uso was meaning lie, i thought uso meant no kidding, or no way?
Monday at 10:23 am
The literal meaning of uso is lie, but it is also said when you want to say “no kidding” or “no way”!
Wednesday at 3:27 am
Hi! I have a question for character さ。On the video, when the teacher write this character does’nt looks the same the write here o site. Why it seems diferent?
Friday at 4:14 pm
Im not sure if i’m saying it right but…’watashi kore wa ae hijo ni oku JapanesePod101,hijo ni kantan’. I love this japanesepod101 very much,its very easy.
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