Read Listen - 5

Now that you have learned this much hiragana, you should be able to read words listed below. First read them out loud on your own and compare them with the recording. Imitate exactly what you have heard.


Japanese prefectural names 

さいたま [north of Tokyo]
ちば [east of Tokyo]
かながわ [south of Tokyo]
おおさか [the largest after Tokyo]
あおもり [north of Japan]
にいがた [on the Japan sea side]
かなざわ [on the Japan sea side]
しずおか [southwest of Tokyo]
あいち [Nagoya is its capital]
なら [the ancient capital was here]
しが [it has the biggest lake in Japan]
しまね [on the Japan Sea side but rather south]
みえ [south of Nagoya]
こうち [in Shikoku]
さが [north of Kyushu]
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Places in the vicinity of Tokyo

あかさか
しながわ
たばた
おおもり
すがも
たちかわ
こうえんじ
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Japanese female names

みか
えり
りえ
みわ
えみ
とも
ちえ
はなこ
まりこ
よりこ
さちこ
ちえこ
もとこ
さとこ
あさこ
そのこ
らんこ
あいこ
ながこ
さわこ
みさこ
すずこ
さなえ
さちえ
こずえ
みずえ
みちえ
みどり
ちとせ
ちさと
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Japanese male names

たかし
まさと
あさお
たかお
さちお
よしお
としお
さとし
さだお
たかとし
よしなお
よりとも
たかもり
としいえ
もりよし
たかとし
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