あ a (as in o͟tter) い i (as in pe͟e͟p) うu (as in mu͟sic) え e (as in pe͟t) お o (as in po͟ny) か ka き ki < ku け ke こ ko さ sa し shi す su せ se そ so た ta ち chi つ tsu て te と to な na に ni ぬ nu ね ne の no は ha ひ hi ふ fu へ he ほ ho ま ma み mi む mu め me も mo や ya ゆ yu よ yo ら ra り ri る ru れ re ろ ro わ wa お o/wo ん n (as in N͟ezuko!)
There are three Japanese alphabets; Hirigana (main Japanese writing system), Katakana (used to represent newer words imported from western countries), and Kanji. (Kanji creates natural breaks in a sentence that make it easier for the reader to separate nouns and verbs)