たちつてと — The T Row
Why the T row?
The T row adds two more irregular romanisations to the one you met in the S row. た, て, と follow the regular pattern — consonant 't' plus a vowel — but ち is read chi (not ti) and つ is read tsu (not tu). It also packs in some of the most-used vocabulary in everyday Japanese: 月 (moon, month), 時 (time), 手 (hand), the past-tense verb ending 〜た, and the て-form that grammar textbooks beat into your head.
Pronunciation at a glance
Words you can read with the T row
With the vowels, K row, S row, and T row in your toolkit, you can read essential everyday vocabulary — time, month, hand, friend, year, tomorrow. These words use only characters from the first four rows of the chart. Print these as flashcards →
What's next
After the T row, the next step is the な-row (な に ぬ ね の) — back to the regular pattern (every character is a clean consonant + vowel, no irregulars to memorise). From there the chart keeps filling in row by row.