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ra



 ra-(rah)
ri



 ri-(ree)
ru



 ru-(roo)
re



 re-(reh)
ro



 ro-(roh)
 the numbered notes below the chart add little explanations for special characters that are different to normal ones.

 to help you remember the characters in each chart, there's some example words at the bottom of each page.

 new get the whole katakana alphabet in a printable one page document

 we recommend this kana book from amazon beginner's kana workbook : practice...

 there's language options on these amazon jap-animation dvds


rya



 rya-(rya)

ryu



 ryu-(ryoo)

ryo



 ryo-(ryoh)
 kc says: when combined with a little (lower-case) character you compress the sounds of the two characters, making new (more rarely used) characters; pronounced as shown. only the characters shown here can be compressed in this way.
examples
ra-ji-o - rajio (means 'radio')

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