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れ (wa) – Hiragana


Pronunciation

– Pronounced as the Japanese ‘wa’. Imagine the ‘wham!’ sound with a softer ‘a’ and without the m at the end.

About

わ, in hiragana, or ワ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. It has origins in the character 和.

Mnemonics

Mnemonic 1: A huge wave crashes into a beach with a wham! The sign in front of it, coincidentally, says “wham!”.

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