Description of the Japanese Pronunciation ち ち consists of the Japanese consonant [tɕ] representing the sound of the roman letter /ch/ with the Japanese vowel [i]. When you pronounce [tɕ], your tongue is going to touch the place where is a little farther back than your upper gums. This closure will cause a buildup of […]
Description of the Japanese Pronunciation た て と、だ で ど た て と and だ で ど consist of the Japanese consonants [t] and [d] together with the Japanese vowels [a], [e] and [o] respectively. When you pronounce [t] and [d], the top of your tongue is going to touch your upper gums. This closure […]
Description of the Japanese Pronunciation し、じ し and じ consist of the Japanese consonants [ɕ] representing the sound of the roman letter /sh/ and [ʑ] representing the sound of the roman letter /z/ together with the Japanese vowel [i]. The way to pronounce them is similar to how you pronounce [s] and [z], but the […]
Description of the Japanese Pronunciation さ す せ そ、ざ ず ぜ ぞ さ・す・せ・そ and ざ・ず・ぜ・ぞ consist of the Japanese consonants [s] and [z], together with the Japanese vowels, [a], [u], [e] and [o] respectively. When you pronounce [s] and [z], you are going to make a chink between your upper gums and the tip of […]
Description of the Japanese Pronunciation か き く け こ、が ぎ ぐ げ ご か き く け こ and が ぎ ぐ げ ご consist of the Japanese consonants [k] and [g] together with the Japanese vowels [a], [i], [u], [e] and [o] respectively. When you pronounce [k] and [g] your tongue is going […]
Description of the Japanese Pronunciation お The pronunciations of Japanese vowels are determined by 3 factors; two of which are the position of your tongue, high or low (1) and front or back (2), and the final factor is the form of your mouth (3). When you pronounce お, you are going to make a […]
Description of the Japanese Pronunciation え The pronunciations of Japanese vowels are determined by 3 factors; two of which are the position of your tongue, high or low (1) and front or back (2), and the final factor is the form of your mouth (3). When you pronounce え, you are going to open your […]
Description of the Japanese Pronunciation う The pronunciations of Japanese vowels are determined by 3 factors; two of which are the position of your tongue, high or low (1) and front or back (2), and the final factor is the form of your mouth (3). When you pronounce う, you are going to purse your […]
Description of the Japanese Pronunciation い The pronunciations of Japanese vowels are determined by 3 factors; two of which are the position of your tongue, high or low (1) and front or back (2), and the final factor is the form of your mouth (3). When you pronounce い, you are going to open both […]
Japanese pronunciation has a lot of sounds that differ from English. It is said that even though English has 44 sounds (BBC Learning English), just five or six of those sounds are almost the same as Japanese sounds. However, the good news here is that the Japanese pronunciation system is very simple. Each Hiragana has […]
