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Hi! Welcome! Here, every day I'll be sharing lessons for learning Japanese. Before you learn the words, you need to know all the characters. I'll start with teaching Hiragana, then move to Katakana and Kanji. Let's start!
So, it will be set up like this for the characters:

Japanese Symbol: あ
English Letter(s): A
Pronunciation: ah

~Hiragana Vowels~
あ
a
ah
~~~~
い
i
ee
~~~~
う
u
oo
~~~~
え
e
eh
~~~~
お
o
oh
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~Hiragana "K" Set~

か
ka
kah
~~~~
き
ki
key
~~~~
く
ku
koo
~~~~
け
ke
keh
~~~~
こ
ko
koh
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~Dakuten or Ten-ten~
There's this thing in Japanese called Dakuten or Ten-ten, and it looks like this: " . You can add it to (almost) any Japanese symbol, and it will change the sound of it. Example: か ka becomes が ga.
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~Hiragana G Set~
(note that in this set, there are no "J" sounds)
が
ga
gah
~~~~
ぎ
gi
gee
~~~~
ぐ
gu
goo
~~~~
げ
ge
geh
~~~~
ご
go
goh
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~Hiragana S set~
(There is one exception in this set)
さ
sa
sah
~~~~
し
shi
she
~~~~
す
su
soo
~~~~
せ
se
seh
~~~
そ
so
soh
~~~~
~Hiragana Z set~
(There is one exception in this set)
ざ
za
zah
~~~~
じ
ji
jee
~~~~
ず
zu
zoo
~~~~
ぜ
ze
zeh
~~~~
ぞ
zo
zoh
~~~~