This document discusses katakana yōon, or contracted sounds, in Japanese. It explains that katakana characters ending in "i" are smaller than usual, while those ending in "ya/yu/yo" take a special contracted form. It then lists examples of katakana characters combining consonant and vowel sounds, such as "kya", "sha", "cha", and others. The document encourages practice of these katakana yōon contractions.

1. Japanese Lesson #026 KATAKANA カタカナ Y ō on KATAKANA/2 sec

2. キ [k i ] キ ャ [k ya ] Yōon （拗音） literally contracted word Ending in [i] S maller than u sual version Ending in [ya/yu/yo] *“shi“and“chi“line [ha/hu/ho]

3. キャ [kya]

4. キュ [kyu]

5. キョ [kyo]

6. シャ [sha]

7. シュ [shu]

8. ショ [sho]

9. チャ [cha]

10. チュ [chu]

11. チョ [cho]

12. ニャ [nya]

13. ニュ [nyu]

14. ニョ [nyo]

15. ヒャ [hya]

16. ヒュ [hyu]

17. ヒョ [hyo]

18. ミャ [mya]

19. ミュ [myu]

20. ミョ [myo]

21. リャ [rya]

22. リュ [ryu]

23. リョ [ryo]

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