23834
In the NHK program "Meet and Speak", the phrases they use have a mixture of
hiragana and romaji. Not as in hiragana on one line, and romaji underneath,
but individual words being composed of the two, such as "すmimaせn".

![Example image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/z10ly.png)

What is the purpose of this mixture? Is is supposed to indicate pitch accent?
Alternatively, is romaji used for hiragana that the program has not yet
taught?
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-04-18T04:10:15.310
23831
2020-10-14T00:00:24.863
2019-10-12T16:45:13.820
91
question
orthography kana rōmaji
Mixture of romaji and hiragana in NHK "Meet and Speak"
Your alternate hunch is correct I expect, as I've seen it
[elsewhere](http://www.tofugu.com/reviews/japanese-from-zero-1-progressive-
edition/) (referred to as 'progressive', there, but I'm not sure if that's a
universal term).
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-04-18T07:06:34.667
23834
2015-04-18T07:06:34.667
3409
23831
answer
Yes. Here's an example of only showing the kana being learnt.

In this screenshot, all the hiragana has presumably been learnt, and the "k"
line of katakana is being learnt, hence "カ" appearing as katakana, and "ta"
and "na" appearing as romaji.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9exIh.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9exIh.png)
CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-01-09T09:03:00.520
30317
2016-01-09T09:03:00.520
91
23831
answer