First write ノ, and then add the last short stroke.

メール meeru            e-mail

アメリカ Amerika      America

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The vertical stroke must start from just below the upper bar, and it must turn to the right at the end. Compare モ with テ.

In addition, be careful not to confuse モ with キ. When writing キ, the vertical bar is slanted to the right and it goes through the upper horizontal bar.

Furthermore, モ is sometimes confused with チ. For チ, the upper bar is written from right to left, slightly downward, while the upper bar in モ goes from left to right and stays very close to horizontal. Also with チ, the final vertical stroke goes down slightly to the left, while the vertical stroke in モ goes down and turns right at the end.

モーテル mooteru        motel

コスモス kosumosu      cosmos

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The vertical stroke here must be straight. If you turn it to the right at the end, you will write セ. Be careful of this.

ヤ can sometimes be confused with マ. The last vertical stroke in ヤ starts from above the horizontal bar while the last stroke in マ is short and starts from well below the horizontal bar.

ヤンキー Yankii         Yankee

マヤ　MAYA Maya

Be careful not to confuse ユ with コ. The bottom bar in ユ goes past the vertical stroke ending to its right, while with コ the bottom bar ends when it reaches bottom of the vertical stroke.

ユネスコ  Yunesuko              UNESCO

マルセーユ Maruseeyu            Marseille

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ヨ is formed by adding another horizontal bar between the two horizontal bars of コ.

ヨーヨー yooyoo         yoyo

コヨーテ koyoote       coyote

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