sha sya jo dyo zyo shu syu ba sho syo bi ta bu chi ti be tsu tu bo te bya to byu cha tya byo chu tyu pa cho tyo pi na pu ni pe nu po ne pya no pyu
za-row za ji zu ze zo ja ju jo da-row da ji zu de do ja ju jo ba-row ba bi bu be bo bya byu byo han-dakuon pa-row pa pi pu pe po pya pyu pyo additional letters for foreign sounds sokuon e.g. (vi), (fa), (ti), (du), (we), (fo) pause (no sound) Note: Foreign words are usually written in Katakana, rarely in Hiragana
........................... Orson Scott Card He was born on the 24th of August, 1951 in Richland, Washington. Card's writing career began primarily as a poet, studying at Brigham Young University. During his studies as a theatre major, he began "doctoring" scripts, adapting fiction for theatre production, and finally writing his own one-act and full-length plays. Later he has worked both as a freelancer and a contracted writer. He first wrote the short story "Ender's Game" while working at the BYU press. Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead were both awarded the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, making Card the only author (as of 2008) to win both of science fiction's top prizes in consecutive years. Card continued the series with seven books, which divide into "Shadow" and "Speaker" series. He has also announced his plan to write two more novels: Shadows in Flight, a book that connects the "Shadow" series and "Speaker" series together, and Ender in