Hirigana:

Hiragana is only used for spelling Japanese words. It is used in conjuction with Kanji to form complete Japanese sentences. Foreign words are spelled with Katakana.

How to Use this Table:
The Japanese alphabet is not made up like the English alphabet. It uses characters to represent sounds rather than individual letters. However, they do use vowels like we do.
English = A E I O U (we say: Ay, ee, eye, owe, you)
Japanese = A I U E O (They say Ah, ee, ooh, eh, owe)

More on pronounciation HERE.

The table below follows the Japanese vowel order. (ex. a,i,u,e,o ...ha, hi, hu,he, ho..ect)
To find a specific sound..say like "ko"..go down to the "K" row and follow it over to the "O" column.
I've put "alt Tags" on all the letters so all you have to do is hold your mouse over the character for a sec and the phoenetic sound should pop up.

Some letters are blank...like YE...there is no set character for the sound YE. It is made up of a combination of Hirigana characters that will produce the sound. These are made by placing a smaller version of the "y" sounds next to a larger character...example CHO is "CHI" + small "yo" . JA is "JI" + small "ya"...ect.

A
I
U
E
O
a
e
u
e
o
H
ha
hi
hu
he
ho
K
ka
ki
ku
ke
ko
L/R
ra
ri
ru
re
ro
M
ma
mi
mu
me
mo
N
na
ni
nu
ne
no
n

This "N" is only used for words ending in "N" or N's followed immediatly by a constanent (ex..BENRI ...Japanese word meaning "Convenient")

S
sa
shi
su
se
so
T
ta
chi
tsu
te
to
W
wa
No applicable sound
use "U"
Use"UE"
w(o)
Y
ya
No applicable sound
yu
No applicable sound
yo

Soft constanent Variants: These are made from the characters above to produce sounds like "Ba" and "Pa" and "Za". Basically you just add a " or a 'o' to the upper right of a character to make this sound...you'll see below...it's pretty easy.

B
ba
bi
bu
be
bo
P
pa
pi
pu
pe
po
G
ga
gi
gu
ge
go
D
da
Use JI
de
do
J
ji
No applicable sound
Z
za
no applicable
sound
zu
ze
zo
Ch
no applicable
sound
 
Click here for some practice words