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Library Guide for Japanese Studies

Resource Guide for the Study of Japanese Language: Originally created by Makiko Ishizawa and now maintained by the International and Area Studies Library, this guide contains Japanese language studies resources for intermediate to advanced learners.

Tadoku and Easy Readers

Learn Online with Rosetta Stone

The library has a campus-wide subscription to the Rosetta Stone software, so you can use this to learn Japanese or supplement your class. https://www-s.library.illinois.edu/rosetta/

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Japanese Romanization Table

Kana (K)	Romanized (R)	K	R	K	R	K	R	K	R
あ	a	い	i	う	u	え	e	お	o
か	ka	き	ki	く	ku	け	ke	こ	ko
さ	sa	し	shi	す	su	せ	se	そ	so
た	ta	ち	chi	つ	tsu	て	te	と	to
な	na	に	ni	ぬ	nu	ね	ne	の	no
は	ha	ひ	hi	ふ	fu	へ	he	ほ	ho
ま	ma	み	mi	む	mu	め	me	も	mo
や	ya			ゆ	yu			よ	yo
ら	ra	り	ri	る	ru	れ	re	ろ	ro
わ	wa	ゐ	i	う	u	ゑ	e	を	o
ん	n
が	ga	ぎ	gi	ぐ	gu	げ	ge	ご	go
ざ	za	じ	ji	ず	zu	ぜ	ze	ぞ	zo
だ	da	ぢ	ji	づ	zu	で	de	ど	do
ば	ba	び	bi	ぶ	bu	べ	be	ぼ	bo
ぱ	pa	ぴ	pi	ぷ	pu	ぺ	pe	ぽ	po
きゃ	kya			きゅ	kyu			きょ	kyo
しゃ	sha			しゅ	shu			しょ	sho
ちゃ	cha			ちゃ	chu			ちょ	cho
にゃ	nya			にゅ	nyu			にょ	nyo
ひゃ	hya			ひゅ	hyu			ひょ	hyo
みゃ	mya			みゅ	myu			みょ	myo
りゃ	rya			りゅ	ryu			りょ	ryo
ぎゃ	gya			ぎゅ	gyu			ぎょ	gyo
じゃ	ja			じゅ	ju			じょ	jo
びゃ	bya			びゅ	byu			びょ	byo
ぴゃ	pya			ぴゅ	pyu			ぴょ	pyo

Small “tsu” is followed by a double consonant, with the exception of ち(chi) 、ちゃ(cha) 、ちゅ(chu) 、ちょ(cho), in which case the “c” is not doubled. A “t” is added instead, e.g. (hiragana botchan) becomes “botchan.”
促音(double consonant)
仏教→ Bu kkyo 出版→ shu ppan 学会→ ga kkai
ただし、ち(chi) 、ちゃ(cha) 、ちゅ(chu) 、ちょ(cho) の場合は”c”を重ねず、”c”の前に”t”を足す。
坊ちゃん→bo tchan 日中→Ni tchu
例外
~を→ “wo” ではなく、”o”

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