Hiragana Course

Teacher

Marshall

Lesson 10: わをん

In this lesson, we’ll learn the last three hiragana:
わ・を・ん
Let’s finish strong! ✨

わ is pronounced as /wa/.

を is pronounced as /o/.

Notes:
（1）The romaji for を is “wo” or “o”, but it’s pronounced “o”.
（2）About 50% of Japanese people still read it as “wo” for historical reasons, so you can use “wo” if you like! ✨

ん is pronounced as /ng/.

Romaji of わをん:

Hiragana	わ、ん	を
Romaji	wa, n	“wo” or “o”

Note:

The hiragana を is a little special — it only appears as a particle, not in regular words.
You’ll learn all about particles later, so no worries! ✨

Vocabulary containing わん:

Word	Reading	Romaji	Meaning
泡	あわ	awa	foam
淡い	あわい	awai	pale
案	あん	an	plan
岩	いわ	iwa	rock
運	うん	un	luck
縁	えん	en	fate
若い	わかい	wakai	young
脇	わき	waki	side
枠	わく	waku	frame
わけ	わけ	wake	reason
川	かわ	kawa	river
皮	かわ	kawa	leather
怖い	こわい	kowai	scary; scared
触る	さわる	sawaru	to touch
座る	すわる	suwaru	to sit
世話	せわ	sewa	care
渡す	わたす	watasu	to hand over
渡る	わたる	wataru	to cross
罠	わな	wana	trap
縄	なわ	nawa	rope
庭	にわ	niwa	garden
本	ほん	hon	book
回す	まわす	mawasu	to turn
回る	まわる	mawaru	to spin
周り	まわり	mawari	around
柔らかい	やわらかい	yawarakai	soft
弱い	よわい	yowai	weak
笑う	わらう	warau	to laugh
悪い	わるい	warui	bad