To learn Japanese, the first thing that you should do is to remember its basic component of its written system – the hiragana(å¹³å‡å,平仮å).
I struggled with remembering them woefully.  However, I found a congenial way to remember these wired characters that I like to share with you.
When I was a junior high-school student, I was a fan of the Japanese TV drama “Tokyo Love Story (æ±äº¬ãƒ©ãƒ–ストーリー) †and loved the theme song very much! I even can recite every lyric though I didn’t understand what the song was about.
Being able to recite the lyrics is quite useful for me. I did a search on the Internet and downloaded the lyrics of this song and began to read and sing the songs, and pay attention the pronunciation of the hiragana characters one by one! It just took me less than 15 minutes to remember all the hiragana characters, which cover most of the hiragana characters table.
This is the song
㪠㫠㋠ら 㤠㟠ãˆã‚Œ ã° ã„ã„ã® ã‹
゠㋠ら 㪠ã„㾠㾠㨠ã 㯠㪠㌠れ ã¦
ã†ã‹ ん㧠㯠ã ãˆã¦ ゆ ã
ã‚ã‚Š ãµ ã‚Œ 㟠㓠㨠㰠ã ã‘
ã 㿠㌠ã‚ã‚“ã¾ ã‚Š 㙠㦠ã ã ㋠ら
ã‚ ã® ã² ã‚㮠㨠ã ã‚㮠㰠㗠よ ã§
ã ã¿ ã« ã‚ãˆãª ㋠㤠㟠ら
ã¼ ã ã†ã‚‰ 㯠ㄠ㤠㾠㧠も
㿠㗠ら 㬠㵠㟠㫠㮠㾠ã¾
ã ã‚Œ ㋠㌠ã‚ã¾ ã ã• ã ã†ã“ 㨠㰠ã«
ã‚‚ ã†ã“ 㓠゠ゆ ã‚Œ 㟠ㄠ㗠㪠ã„ã§
㛠㤠㪠ã„ã‘ ã© ã ん㪠㵠ã†ã«
㓠㓠゠㯠㗠㰠れ 㪠ã„
゠㗠㟠㫠㪠れ ã° ã ã¿ ã‚’ ãã£ã¨
ã„㾠よ ã‚Š ã‚‚ 㤠㨠㙠ã 㫠㪠る
ã 㮠㙠㹠㦠㌠㼠ã 㮠㪠㋠㧠㨠ãã‚’
ã“ ãˆã¦ ゆ ã
ã 㿠㮠㋠㜠㫠㤠㰠㕠㫠㪠る
ã ã¿ã‚’ ã¾ ã‚‚ ã‚Š 㤠㤠㑠る
ã‚„ ゠ら ã‹ ã ã ã¿ã‚’ 㤠㤠む
ã‚㮠㋠㜠㫠㪠る
㟠ã 㙠㪠ãŠã« ã™ ã 㨠ã„ãˆãª ã„ã§
ã‚ã® ã² ã‚㮠㨠ã ã‚㮠㰠㗠よ ã§
ã ã¿ ã« ã‚ãˆãª ㋠㤠㟠ら
ã¼ ã ã†ã‚‰ 㯠ㄠ㤠㾠㧠も
ã„ã¾ ã 㿠㮠㓠㓠゠㌠ãŠã„ãŸ
㓠㨠㰠ãŠã‚ 㧠㋠㟠ãŠã‚ˆ ã› ã¦
ã¼ ã 㯠゠㙠れ 㪠ã„ã“ ã® ã²ã‚’
ã ã¿ã‚’ ã ã‚Œ ã« ã‚‚ ゠㟠㕠㪠ã„
㿠㗠ら 㬠㵠㟠㫠㮠㾠ã¾
ã 㿠㮠㋠㜠㫠㤠㰠㕠㫠㪠る
ã ã¿ã‚’ ã¾ ã‚‚ ã‚Š 㤠㤠㑠る
ã‚„ ゠ら ã‹ ã ã ã¿ã‚’ 㤠㤠む
ã‚㮠㋠㜠㫠㪠る
㟠㶠んも ã†ã™ ã ã‚ã‚ ã‚‚ ã‚„ ん㧠㵠㟠り
ã‚ã® ã² ã‚㮠㨠ã ã‚㮠㰠㗠よ ã§
ã ã¿ ã« ã‚ãˆãª ㋠㤠㟠ら
ã¼ ã ã†ã‚‰ 㯠ㄠ㤠㾠㧠も
㿠㗠ら 㬠㵠㟠㫠㮠㾠ã¾
ã ã‚Œ ㋠㌠ã‚ã¾ ã ã• ã ã†ã“ ã¨
㰠㫠㓠㓠゠ゆ ã‚Œ 㟠り 㗠㪠ã„ã§
ã ã¿ã‚’ 㤠㤠む ã‚㮠㋠㜠㫠㪠る
㟠㙠㌠れ
ã‚ã® ã² ã‚㮠㨠ã ã‚㮠㰠㗠よ ã§
ã ã¿ ã« ã‚ãˆãª ㋠㤠㟠ら
ã¼ ã ã†ã‚‰ 㯠ㄠ㤠㾠㧠も
㿠㗠ら 㬠㵠㟠り ã® ã¾ ã¾
Ergo, what you might want to do to remember Hiragana is to pick up one of your favorite Japanese songs and start to sing it with its lyrics and you will find it so easy to remember the odd characters.
hoho,
When I was on my road to Japanese, I also used a similar method
to memorize disgusting Hiragana and katakana, kanji is much more lovely….
Oh, junior school… me too!
Would never forget the shock at Rika…
I love this TV-Series so so so much!
oh~can u send to me