1. Lesson 1-2
Japanese Syllabary
3) Transcribing Contracted Sounds
2. 3) Transcribing Contracted Sounds
Small「 や」,「 ゆ」, and 「 よ」followed after letters in the second
column i-vowel hiragana/i-Dan ( except「い」) and are used to
transcribe contracted sounds. The contracted sound represents a
single syllable.