ra ri ru re ro (ラリルレロ)
ラ
Imagine the front of a ship about to ram into something. This character is spelled “ra”, like the first two letters of the word “ram”, and sounds like “rah”.
リ
Imagine a ribbon tied into a bow. These two lines are the tails of the ribbon hanging down from the bow. The character is spelled “ri”, like the first two letters of “ribbon”.
ル
Think of this character as the trunk of a tree and its roots. It’s spelled “ru” and sounds like the “roo” in “roots”.
レ
Imagine that this character looks like the antlers of a reindeer. It sounds like “re”, the beginning of “reindeer”.
ロ
This character looks like a big square rock. It’s spelled “ro” like the first two letters of “rock”.
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