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Turn your kana notes into Japanese vowels flashcards

Upload a hiragana chart, lecture slides or a photo of your textbook page. DeckOwl builds flashcards from your material and schedules reviews so the five vowels stick.

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Why custom vowel cards beat a generic printable

Printable Japanese vowels flashcards are easy to find, but they rarely match the kana your class covers or the order your teacher introduces them. DeckOwl works from your own material, so a photo of your hiragana chart or a set of lecture slides becomes a deck that follows your course.

Upload a photo of a hiragana or katakana chart and get cards from it.
Mix hiragana and katakana cards so you learn to read both scripts.
Review the cards you miss more often with spaced repetition.
Export to Anki or CSV on the Plus plan when you want to study elsewhere.

Example Japanese vowel flashcards

Which hiragana is pronounced 'a'?あ. It sounds like 'ah' in Spanish casa, short and open, not like the English 'ay' glide.

Which hiragana is pronounced 'i'?い. It sounds like 'ee' in 'see', but shorter and without gliding into another sound.

Which hiragana is pronounced 'u'?う. It is an unrounded vowel close to 'oo' in 'food', with the lips spread rather than pushed forward.

Which hiragana is pronounced 'e'?え. It sounds like 'eh' in 'bed' but tenser, like the Spanish e in mesa, with no glide.

Which hiragana is pronounced 'o'?お. It sounds like 'oh' but with rounded lips and no glide, like the Spanish o in mono.

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Built from your material

Upload PDFs, PPTX slides, DOCX files, plain notes or photos of pages. Text in images is read with text recognition.

Spaced repetition

Cards you miss come back sooner, and cards you know come back later, so you spend time on the sounds you are still mixing up.

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How it works

Upload your kana material

Add the page or slide that covers the vowels, such as a hiragana chart or a vocabulary list from class.

Generate your flashcards

DeckOwl creates cards from the content you uploaded. Check them and edit anything that does not match your course.

Review on a schedule

Study the deck and let spaced repetition bring back the vowels you find hardest.

Japanese has five vowels, a, i, u, e and o, and each one appears in hiragana and katakana. Learning to read them quickly matters because every syllable in the kana tables builds on them. A deck made from your notes lets you drill the exact characters your class uses.

Spaced repetition does the rest. You see the cards you confuse, such as u and o or e and a in handwritten forms, more often than the ones you already know.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the five Japanese vowels?

The five Japanese vowels are a, i, u, e and o. Each one has a hiragana form, such as あ, い, う, え and お, and a katakana form.

How many flashcards should I make for hiragana vowels?

Five vowel cards is a good start, since each vowel can be tested in both hiragana and katakana. Add the consonant rows once the vowels feel automatic.

Can I use my own notes instead of a ready-made deck?

Yes. Upload your notes, slides or a photo of a page and DeckOwl generates flashcards from that material. The free plan includes 3 generations a month.

Do I need to pay to export my flashcards?

Exports are a paid feature. The Plus plan includes PDF, DOCX, Anki and CSV export, and students get 40% off with a school email.

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