Jisho

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Noun
1. hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)Usually written using kana alone, See also 片仮名
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2. Hiraganais a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet. Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems; they have corresponding character sets in which each kana, or character, represents one mora (one sound in the Japanese language).
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ひら仮名 【ひらがな】
Jreibun
    小学校で
  • もじ文字
  • を習う際、「し」や「つ」など簡単に書ける
  • ひらがな平仮名
  • から習う。
When students learn Japanese characters in elementary school, they start with hiragana, which can be written easily, such as し (shi) and つ (tsu).

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