Japanese Hiragana and Katakana Flash Cards Kit: Learn the Two Japanese Alphabets Quickly & Easily with this Japanese Flash Cards Kit (Online Audio Included)

Nice small flash cards on a metal ring with the character on one side and the phonetic pronunciation on the other side. Great for working on hiragana and katakana (yes, both of them) by yourself. Not only does this include the basic characters, but all the additional katakana and hiragana characters- not many flash cards have all 200+ characters. Only downsides is that the cards are fairly flimsy, but would be a huge stack of cards if they weren't this thin. Also, the characters on the card are the handwritten characters, which differ a little from the printed characters you usually see. But thats a small complaint

Ok girlfriend, I bought this set along with kanji volume 1 & 2. Will the CD’s work or be helpful I don’t know but I probably won’t even attempt to use them so the world may never know. Is a card missing, is stuff incorrect on the cards... well I’m to lazy right now to glance threw 200 cards for this set let alone the others to find out. I am the classic Amazon shopper tho & saw what I liked looked at the pictures & read some reviews then bought it after it sat in the cart for way to long but I am glade I bought this set. Not only do you get 200 cards plus the CD but you also get the two posters, one for hiragana & one for katakana. They have a good picture example to help you remember plus a good example of how to prounance along with the correct way to write, this is also included on the cards. The cards themselves are a little thicker then paper & could survive a few second fight against spilled water etc but they’ll get damaged eventually. The biggest thing here tho is the price & the person who buys these. You can have way to many FREE apps or apps for 1.99 or more with all this on it... but they are apps... apps on your device... your device that’s only good to be used for social media.. your device that you turn to for constant scrolling when bored... sooooooo unless you’ll use the apps & stick to them these are a must buy. Main thing with these tho if your a beginner & wanting to learn & buying these I’d say use the posters first, & the CD if it’s got good pronunciation audio & get the writing pronunciation & hirigana & katakana memorized before turning to the cards given everything on the cards will be to distracting & overwhelming verse focusing on the basics & learning the basics, just know sometimes audio pronunciation is done by actual Japanese & then sometimes by English speakers who pronounce a bit off plus the difference between male & female along with adult & child well it’s noticable but who prounounces in this CD.... the world may never know. All in all If your interested in this I’d say buy it given it’s a hands on solid way to help you learn but stay audio about it given voice wise their is always a difference in the sound, way & form pronuncing changes from product to product. Toodalo!

The flash cards, as well as the supplemental posters and audio CD have been incredibly beneficial to my teenage son as he learns Japanese. Each flash card has a Japanese character on the front, along with a few words in either Hiragana or Katakana in very small print. The backs of the cards have the phonetic spelling of the Japanese character in English, and in many cases, a helpful visual way to remember the character. The visual cues seemed odd to us at first, but they sure do work. Just from helping my son learn the characters, I've picked them all up quickly as well. On the front of the flash cards in very small print there are also a few words in either Hiragana or Katakana (using the main character from that flash card, plus other characters). On the backs of the flash cards, the words are spelled out phonetically, and each includes its English translation. A couple of the cards have typos (not of the main Japanese character on the card -- just of the translations for the supplemental words). They don't detract from the cards, however. The fact that my son and I picked up on the typos right away are a nod to how quickly we've picked up Hirigana and Katakana using the flash cards. As an added bonus, this set comes with two posters, one with all of the Hirigana characters and the other with Katakana. I put them up in my son's room next to his desk in two inexpensive poster frames. He's found these very useful and refers to them often. Hope this review helps you.

The cards are fantastic as far as content. However, the cards are poor quality. One drop of water and they will be messed up. I would have preferred that they were laminated.

I’m 60 years old (yeah I can’t believe it either) and am taking a non-credit Japanese language class. Leaning kana seemed daunting but I learned them all with these cards. Here’s how I did it: 1. Kicked back, got comfy 2. Grabbed the first 6 hiragana cards 3. Memorized the 6 cards then shuffled them to make sure I actually learned them 4. Set them aside, grabbed the next 6, repeated step 3 5. Shuffled together all the cards I’d learned and reviewed them 6. After passing my review 100% I got the next 6 cards and repeated steps 3, 5, and 6 (this step) 7. Kept at it until I got through them all 8. Reviewed cards daily, even when I didn’t take time to learn new kana. Reviewing what I’d already learned was the least I’d do daily. It seemed like it took no time at all to get through all the cards. I bought extra binder rings to keep cards organized out of the box. Here’s what I like about these cards (almost as much as I like bulleted lists!): * No romaji on front. I bought Dr. Moku’s flash cards at the same time as these and haven’t really touched them. * The mnemonics work. Some seemed odd or hard to picture at first but they actually stuck in my head. A few of my own came immediately to mind so of course I went with those. * The posters are useful. Every once in a while I get a couple of characters mixed up (i/ri and re/wa I’m looking at you!) and looking at the posters is easier than looking through piles of shuffled cards. * They’re flash cards. I am easily distracted so flash cards on a device would not work for me. Devices are kept well away from my comfy flash card spot. That being said I also use Duolingo. The gamification is good enough to keep my attention, however, I would not recommend using Duolingo to learn kana. It takes forever to get through them all. I mean, not literally forever but since I haven’t finished them I don’t know how long it will take. Seriously, it’s a slog. These cards are the sauce. Buy them. Side note: I’ve downloaded the audio but haven’t used it since my class is taught by a native speaker. Side note 2: I work full time, have 3 cats, and play way too many video games. I’m talking PC video games, not Candy Crush, so don’t sass me or I’ll have to chase you young punks off my lawn! 🙃 My point is if I can somehow do it, so can you!

I've been learning on Duolingo for almost 3 months and although the program is fun and helpful, the Hiragana symbols made no sense to me. The "mnemonics" that are used here are a bit of a stretch, but do help me to remember the sounds. It was a real epiphany to see the symbols presented in sort of a Periodic Table format, so all of the vowel (like "ah") sounds were in a column and the beginning consonants were in rows. and then I could see the connection with the basic 46 and the others that have what look like crooked quotation marks and tiny circles tie in to the basics. I now feel that I will eventually be able to sound out the characters (with practice). Learning what the word MEANS is a whole other matter....

If I had made my own flash cards, they would have been useless compared to these. They're more than just flashcards. What is most helpful to me are the pictures that act as a reminder of the sound. I was skeptical at first, but using these cards, it took me one hour and twenty minutes to memorize the hiragana with 100% accuracy, then the katakan another 30 minutes. What's important is I've remembered it without difficulty for a month and have been able to read simple words which don't have kanji in them. There are also pictures to show how to write the figure and simple words to practice with each card. I have an app to use for drill practice, but it was useless until I got these cards. The pictures are extremely effective. Definitely worth the price.

The cards I are extremely flimsy, and feel like they will easily crease or become damaged with normal use. In addition. The stroke order is missing from about half of the cards, and the pamphlet states that if you want them, you can fill them in yourself. The product does not meet the expectations I had when purchasing it. My Kanji set of cards from Tuttle feel much more substantial and complete.

Possitif : - J'ai déjà toute la collection en version chinois (4 volumes), j'ai acheté cette version en japonais pour ma soeur, et comme les autres, il est excellent ! C'est clairement les meilleurs flashcards qu'on peut trouver, ils ont bien plus de détails que les autres : on apprends pas seulement les kanas, l'ordre d'écriture des traits, leur prononciations, mais il y a aussi du vocabulaires qu'on peut apprendre facilement qui inclus le kana en question. Je recommande à 100% celui-ci et les version Kanjis, autant que les version pour le chinois. Défaut / neutre : - Le seul bémol serait que c'est en anglais, mais ce n'est pas dérangeant. Au pire, on peut apprendre le vocabulaires japonais tout en apprennant du vocabulaires en anglais ! - Les cartes sont aussi assez fine, mais c'est pas plus mal si on accumule des centaines ou milliers avec le caractères chinois, ça prends moins d'espace pour ranger les cartes et en faisant attention, elles ne s'abîme pas. Sinon je pense qu'on peut trouver des classeurs de cartes. - Le défaut que m'a fait par ma soeur c'est qu'il n'y a pas de couleur qui sépare les hiraganas aux katakana, mais selon moi ce n'est pas plus mal non plus d'apprendre à les reconnaître sans indices du syllabaire, sinon on peut nous même rajouter des bordure avec un stylo de couleur qui ne bave pas aux traits des caractères comme un effets ombre très sympa, ça fait très bien l'affaire !

missing katakana cards and duplicate hiragana cards

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The hiragana and katakana charts that come with it are well worth the price, the cards are fantastic and useful tool for any one trying to learn hiragana and katakana. I am so much enjoying learning japanese and getting to know japanese culture and traditions via books and videos. ありがとう