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Japanese Consonants: How to Pronounce に

Japanese Letter /ni/

Description of the Japanese Pronunciation に に consists of the Japanese consonant [ɲ] representing the sound of the roman letter /n/ with the Japanese vowel [i]. When you pronounce [ɲ], your tongue needs to touch the front part of the roof of your mouth a little farther back than な ぬ ね の, and make […]

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Japanese Consonants: How to Pronounce な ぬ ね の

Japanese letters na, nu, ne, and no

Description of the Japanese Pronunciation な ぬ ね の な ぬ ね の consist of the Japanese consonant [n] with the Japanese vowels [a], [u] [e] and [o] respectively. When you pronounce [n], your tongue is going to touch the roof of your mouth just a little farther back than your upper gums and you […]

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Japanese Consonants: How to Pronounce つ

Japanese letter /tsu/

Description of the Japanese Pronunciation つ   つ consists of the Japanese consonant [ts] with the Japanese vowel [u]. When you pronounce [ts] your tongue is going to touch your upper gums. This closure will cause a buildup of pressure. Soon after that, you will make a chink and cause friction by passing air through […]

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Japanese Consonants: How to Pronounce ち

Japanese letter chi

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 […]

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Japanese Lessons: Japanese Reading Practice with Manga 1-3-1

Manga: Give My Regards to Black Jack

*These Japanese lessons are created based on the Terms of Use of the Copyrights of them; TITLE: Give My Regards to Black Jack, AUTHOR: Shuho Sato, and WEBSITE: Manga on Web. Japanese Lessons 1-3-1 75ななじゅうご歳さいの値ね段だん / The Price of Being 75 You can browse all of the pages by clicking the picture above and then […]

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Japanese Consonants: How to Pronounce た て と、だ で ど

Japanese Letters ta te to

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 […]

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Japanese Consonants: How to Pronounce し、じ

Japanese letter し and じ

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 […]

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Japanese Consonants: How to Pronounce さ す せ そ、ざ ず ぜ ぞ

Japanese Letter sa su se so

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 […]

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Japanese Lessons: Learn Japanese Native Expressions with Manga 1-2-1

Manga: Give My Regards to Black Jack

*These Japanese lessons are created based on the Terms of Use of the Copyrights of them; TITLE: Give My Regards to Black Jack, AUTHOR: Shuho Sato, and WEBSITE: Manga on Web. Japanese Lessons 1-2-1 ウナギとゴッドハンド / Eels and Godhands You can browse all of the pages by clicking the picture above and then move to any […]