Basic kana show the accepted character-practice answers in romaji. The combinations below are additional reading examples. A slash separates alternative answers.
Follow each vowel column from top to bottom: a, i, u, e, o. The second table contains kana with dakuten (゛) or handakuten (゜) marks.
Katakana — Basic kana
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Katakana — Dakuten and handakuten
| Row | a | i | u | e | o |
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Katakana — Small-kana combinations (yōon)
| Row | ya | yu | yo |
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How small kana work
キャ is kya, one combined sound. Compare it with full-size キヤ, kiya, two sounds.
Small ッ marks a brief pause and doubles the following consonant in romaji: ベッド → beddo. It is not read as a separate “tsu”.
Small vowels ァ・ィ・ゥ・ェ・ォ help write loanword sounds: ティ → ti, ファ → fa, シェ → she.