Ne No
Hiragana 1
Chapter 10 · Ne No
🌸 Finishing the N Row — ね の
Two characters complete the N row: ね (ne) and の (no). That brings you to twenty-five characters. Today you'll also learn one of the most useful little words in Japanese grammar, の, which works like "of" or "'s", and the sentence-ending ね, which means "isn't it?"
| a | i | u | e | o | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (vowels) | あ | い | う | え | お |
| k + | か | き | く | け | こ |
| s + | さ | し | す | せ | そ |
| t + | た | ち | つ | て | と |
| n + | な | に | ぬ | ね | の |
Twenty-five down, twenty-one to go. The H row comes next.
✨ Two New Characters — ね の
📖 Read It — New Words
With twenty-five characters you can read all of these. Remember that each character is one beat.
| # | Word | Romaji | English | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ねこ | neko | cat | ne + ko |
| 2 | ねえ | nē | hey, listen | a friendly way to get attention |
| 3 | ねつ | netsu | fever | ne + tsu |
| 4 | あね | ane | (my) older sister | a + ne; for your own sister |
| 5 | かね | kane | money; bell | two meanings, one spelling |
| 6 | つの | tsuno | horn | tsu + no |
| 7 | いのち | inochi | life | i + no + chi |
| 8 | のち | nochi | afterwards, later | a more formal word |
| 9 | この | kono | this (+ noun) | ko + no; needs a noun after it |
| 10 | その | sono | that (+ noun) | near you |
| 11 | あの | ano | that over there (+ noun) | far from both |
| 12 | あのね | ano ne | you know… / well… | a conversation opener |
🔗 The Little Word の — "Of" and "'s"
の joins two nouns, and it works like English "'s" or "of": A の B means "A's B". (Spaces are added below to show the word breaks.)
| Japanese | Romaji | English |
|---|---|---|
| いぬ の いえ | inu no ie | the dog's house |
| ねこ の て | neko no te | the cat's paw (hand) |
| あなた の いぬ | anata no inu | your dog |
| この ねこ | kono neko | this cat |
| その いぬ | sono inu | that dog |
| あの いえ | ano ie | that house over there |
💬 Mini-Dialogs
① Hot, Isn't It? — あつい ね
② Whose Cat? — あなた の ねこ？
③ A Big Dog — あの いぬ
✍️ Try It Yourself — れんしゅう
Say each answer out loud first, then click to check.
1. Say the whole N row in order: な に ぬ ね の
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na · ni · nu · ne · no
2. How can you tell ね from ぬ?
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ね begins with a straight vertical line on the left; ぬ begins with a slanting stroke. Check the stroke-order animations to see both.
3. Read and translate: ねこ · つの · いのち
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neko (cat) · tsuno (horn) · inochi (life)
4. Write in hiragana: neko (cat) · anata no inu (your dog) · ano ne (you know…)
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ねこ · あなた の いぬ · あのね
5. Translate: いぬ の いえ · ねこ の て
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the dog's house · the cat's paw (hand)
6. What does ね do at the end of a sentence, as in あつい ね?
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It means "…, isn't it?" and invites the listener to agree: "It's hot, isn't it?"