Hanamaruhanamaru
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ひらがな

hiragana

hiragana

Frequency
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In a sentence

ひらがなはhiraganaかけます書けますcan writeがbutかたかなは片仮名はkatakanaまだstill; (not) yetかけません書けませんcan't write

I can write hiragana, but I can't write katakana yet.

How it works

Two pieces joined by a pause. First the set greeting はじめまして (nice to meet you) (literally “for the first time”), built from the polite-then-te form of はじめる (to begin). Then これ (this) is pointed out by が (subject), and casual だ (is) states what it is. The final よ (emphasis) adds a friendly “you know,” like sharing news.