I thought I was finished with my topic and started to do elsewhere, except a few thing.
1.) The Hiragana and katakana. So remember I said there were two writing systems, well I just thought i’d give them to you. As a refresher, Hiragana was for writing Japanese words such as いちご、which is strawberry. On the other hand, the Japanese didn’t know all the English words, so they put it in a system called Katakana, which sounds similar to it’s English word. Ex: ホット ドッグ、(Hotto doggu) is Hot dog in Japan. With that in mind, here are the two systems from this website.
Hiragana: (Japanese Words)
あ
a
い
i
う
u
え
e
お
o
か
ka
き
ki
く
ku
け
ke
こ
ko
が
ga
ぎ
gi
ぐ
gu
げ
ge
ご
go
さ
sa
し
shi
す
su
せ
se
そ
so
ざ
za
じ
ji
ず
zu
ぜ
ze
ぞ
zo
た
ta
ち
chi
つ
tsu
て
te
と
to
だ
da
ぢ
ji
づ
zu
で
de
ど
do
な
na
に
ni
ぬ
nu
ね
ne
の
no
は
ha
ひ
hi
ふ
fu
へ
he
ほ
ho
ば
ba
び
bi
ぶ
bu
べ
be
ぼ
bo
ぱ
pa
ぴ
pi
ぷ
pu
ぺ
pe
ぽ
po
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
を
wo
ん
n/m
Combinations
きゃ
kya
きゅ
kyu
きょ
kyo
ぎゃ
gya
ぎゅ
gyu
ぎょ
gyo
しゃ
sha
しゅ
shu
しょ
sho
じゃ
ja
じゅ
ju
じょ
jo
ちゃ
cha
ちゅ
chu
ちょ
cho
にゃ
nya
にゅ
nyu
にょ
nyo
ひゃ
hya
ひゅ
hyu
ひょ
hyo
びゃ
bya
びゅ
byu
びょ
byo
ぴゃ
pya
ぴゅ
pyu
ぴょ
pyo
みゃ
mya
みゅ
myu
みょ
myo
りゃ
rya
りゅ
ryu
りょ
ryo
Katakana (English words)
ア
a
イ
i
ウ
u
エ
e
オ
o
カ
ka
キ
ki
ク
ku
ケ
ke
コ
ko
ガ
ga
ギ
gi
グ
gu
ゲ
ge
ゴ
go
サ
sa
シ
shi
ス
su
セ
se
ソ
so
ザ
za
ジ
ji
ズ
zu
ゼ
ze
ゾ
zo
タ
ta
チ
chi
ツ
tsu
テ
te
ト
to
ダ
da
ヂ
ji
ヅ
zu
デ
de
ド
do
ナ
na
ニ
ni
ヌ
nu
ネ
ne
ノ
no
ハ
ha
ヒ
hi
フ
fu
ヘ
he
ホ
ho
バ
ba
ビ
bi
ブ
bu
ベ
be
ボ
bo
パ
pa
ピ
pi
プ
pu
ペ
pe
ポ
po
マ
ma
ミ
mi
ム
mu
メ
me
モ
mo
ヤ
ya
ユ
yu
ヨ
yo
ラ
ra
リ
ri
ル
ru
レ
re
ロ
ro
ワ
wa
ヲ
wo
ン
n/m
Combinations
キャ
kya
キュ
kyu
キョ
kyo
ギャ
gya
ギュ
gyu
ギョ
gyo
シャ
sha
シュ
shu
ショ
sho
ジャ
ja
ジュ
ju
ジョ
jo
チャ
cha
チュ
chu
チョ
cho
ニャ
nya
ニュ
nyu
ニョ
nyo
ヒャ
hya
ヒュ
hyu
ヒョ
hyo
ビャ
bya
ビュ
byu
ビョ
byo
ピャ
pya
ピュ
pyu
ピョ
pyo
ミャ
mya
ミュ
myu
ミョ
myo
リャ
rya
リュ
ryu
リョ
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2.) Special Shout out to Dinah for the idea of using a photo to show what the pen posture will look like. Remember to keep you three dominant fingers (Ring, Middle, and index) fingers on one side of the brush and your thumb on the other. Keep the brush upright!