| Yokoso!Welcome to my Japanese
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| | variation of the main sounds.They are the
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| Lessons.Have you ever watched an old
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| | Secondary Sounds:ga za da ba pagi ji - bi
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| Japanese samurai movie on the late show?
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| | pigu zu - bu puge ze de be pego zo do bo
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| Chances are you thought that everyone was
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| | poThere are situations where two
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| always angry at everyone else and spent a
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| | consonants are together with a vowel.They
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| lot of time yelling in monotonous
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| | produce the following Tertiary Sounds:kya
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| staccato tones. I felt the same way. It
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| | gya sha ja cha nya hya pya bya mya ryakyu
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| was all unintelligible blabber, not a
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| | gyu shu ju chu nyu hyu pyu byu myu ryukyo
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| real language. Well, guess what? It is
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| | gyo sho jo cho nyo hyo pyo byo myo ryoNow
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| actually possible to make some sense out
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| | that you are armed with the correct
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| of the nonsensical language that you hear
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| | sounds for the language, why don't you
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| on Japanese movies, etc. With a little
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| | pull out your Japanese Name or Phrase and
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| understanding of how the language works,
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| | give the pronunciation a try? with a bit
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| you will be on your way to sounding just
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| | of practice you should be able to get the
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| like those yelling, sword-swinging
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| | sounds just right.One last thing to
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| samurai of yore.What I would like to do
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| | mention that I found really helps with
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| is provide you with a basic understanding
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| | getting the pronunciation right. Almost
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| of the Japanese language. It is not meant
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| | all of the sounds can be said without the
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| to replace formal study at an institute
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| | use of the lips. Think of yourself as a
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| of higher learning. Not everything can be
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| | ventriloquist, speaking from a puppet.
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| covered, but I will do my best to provide
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| | Don't move your lips, and keep them
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| language tips that will help you develop
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| | relaxed. It should help. And
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| your Japanese language skills.I will be
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| | practice.Here are a few simple sentences
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| working mainly with "conversational"
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| | that you can use for pronunciation
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| Japanese in nature; something that you
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| | practice and begin to memorize for your
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| can use right away in certain situations.
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| | future use:Practice Sentences:1. Watashi
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| Learning to read and write can take
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| | no namae wa Ken desu. (My name is Ken.)2.
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| years.Of course in order to truly become
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| | Kono biiru wa ikura desu ka? (How much is
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| fluent in any foreign language it is
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| | this beer?)3. Toire wa doko desuka?
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| always desirable, if at all possible, to
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| | (Where is the toilet?)4. Mata ne! (See
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| immerse oneself in the language and
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| | you later!)5. Ohisashiburi desu ne. (Long
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| culture (like what I did - threw away a
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| | time no see.)6. Ohayou gozaimasu. (Good
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| life in biotechnology for a brave new
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| | morning.)7. Konnichi wa. (Hello.)8.
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| world). Coming to Japan will do wonders
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| | Konban wa. (Good evening.)9. Oyasumi
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| for your language ability if you ever
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| | nasai. (Good night.)10. Koko wa doko desu
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| have the chance. I understand that this
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| | ka? (Where am I
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| is not feasible for most people, so I
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| | now?)---------------------------
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| will strive to do my best to provide you
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| | The Culture Pocket: A Brief History of
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| with current lessons and examples for
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| | the Japanese Written LanguageMost
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| study.Pronunciation in JapaneseMaybe you
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| | scholars believe that prior to the
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| have recently had a phrase translated for
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| | introduction of Kanji from China, there
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| you with the corresponding pronunciation
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| | was no formal written language. No one is
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| written in roman characters. Or how about
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| | certain when the script first came to the
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| a tattoo in kanji (Japanese characters)?
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| | islands but some believe that it could
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| That is rather popular these days. But
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| | have been around the first century AD. In
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| how do you pronounce it so it sounds
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| | the early third century, artifacts have
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| close to natural? Fear not for help is on
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| | been recovered that depict some form of
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| the way! In this lesson you will learn a
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| | writing.Kanji was first used as a system
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| bit about the history of the language and
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| | of writing sometime in the late 5th
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| how the language sounds. So sit back,
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| | century or early 6th century. It is
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| take out your notebook and enjoy the
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| | difficult to set an exact date because of
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| first lesson Japanese Lesson series.Let's
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| | the writings being based on the Chinese
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| get down to business.In Japanese there is
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| | calendar which is difficult to interpret.
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| no clear stress on syllables in words as
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| | More than likely, Chinese or Koreans who
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| there is in English. A non-Japanese
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| | came to the islands to live began using
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| speaker would pronounce the city of
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| | the characters.In the beginning kanji was
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| Yokohama as "Yoko-HAA-ma" and the family
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| | more than likely used to represent sounds
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| name Yoshida as "Yo-SHEE-da". In English,
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| | (phonetics) for loan words from other
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| stress tends to be placed on the second
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| | cultures. Also, the introduction of
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| last syllable of longer words. Not so in
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| | Buddhism into China and eventually Japan
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| Japanese. All syllables are spoken with
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| | prompted translations of the scripts
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| equal strength and length. A Japanese
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| | using the script. Buddhism probably had
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| speaker would say "Yo-ko-ha-ma" and
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| | the greatest influence on the development
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| "Yo-shi-da" without stressing any
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| | of the language due to the huge influx of
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| parts.Try saying the following words
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| | people from the mainland to build
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| without putting any extra strength or
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| | temples, translate documents, make
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| stress on any of the syllables:1.
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| | statues, tiles, copy sutras, etc.Around
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| Yokohama 2. Kawasaki 3. Nagasaki 4.
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| | the seventh century it seems that the
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| Hiroshima 5. Amerika6. Osutoraria 7.
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| | Japanese people began mastering the
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| koohii 8. Nippon 9. beesubooru 10.
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| | language themselves and started to do
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| koppuSome texts say that there are long
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| | some work of their own. The language
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| and short syllables in the Japanese
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| | began to make some changes as it took on
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| language. I disagree. In most cases the
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| | more than just a phonetic reproduction of
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| longer sound of a syllable is due simply
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| | foreign words (KUN reading). Eventually
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| to an extra vowel placed after the
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| | it began to be used to represent ideas
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| previous syllable. For example Tokyo is
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| | and concepts.Chinese and Japanese are
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| actually pronounced like To-u-kyo-u and
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| | completely different. In terms of
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| Kyoto is Kyo-u-to (note here that the
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| | structure, Chinese is actually closer to
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| final to in Kyoto sounds shorter than the
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| | English than it is to Japanese. And yet,
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| middle to but it is just because it lacks
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| | the Japanese, in their amazing ability to
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| the additional u which makes the sound
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| | adapt things to their own ideas, were
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| appear to be longer. Pronounced
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| | able to take the Chinese and add marks so
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| carefully, the "long" syllable takes
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| | that it would conform to the Japanese
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| twice as long to pronounce as the "short"
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| | word order. Then the kanji began to take
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| syllable.Practice these sounds:1. biiru
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| | on a second reading, known as the ON
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| 2. biru 3. konpyuuta 4. konpyuutaa 5.
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| | reading, as mentioned above. It may be
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| koka koora6. Toukyou 7. Kyouto 8. suteeki
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| | that the Korean language had influenced
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| 9. ginkou 10. waapuroThere are five
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| | the development of the Japanese language
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| vowels in the Japanese language: A, I, U,
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| | as both have similar word orders and also
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| E, O. These vowels have one sound apiece.
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| | use honorific auxiliaries.In the Nara
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| Unlike the English "a" which can have the
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| | period (710-784) there was an explosion
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| sounds found in cat, crawl, cape, the
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| | of Japanese literature. It seems that
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| Japanese A sounds like the vowel found in
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| | much of the oral tradition of passing on
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| the word cup. And as a matter of fact,
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| | history was translated into script for
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| all of the syllables in Japanese are very
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| | the future generations. The language
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| short and clipped (Suzuki sounds more
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| | began to become more and more
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| like S'z'ki). Remember that whenever you
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| | complex.Hiragana began to be developed
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| see a vowel in a Japanese word it will
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| | around the Nara period as well. It has
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| always have the following sound:Vowel: a
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| | its roots in the simplification of a
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| i u e o
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| | cursive-style of writing kanji. This
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| Sound: up heat soup left slopeMost
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| | cursive style was mainly used privately
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| consonants sound as they do in English
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| | among individuals to make notes, letters
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| with a few exceptions worth noting: K, G,
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| | and other personal documents. For about
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| S, Z, D, T, P, B do not have the puff of
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| | 1400 years the hiragana had a very large
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| air that is associated with same
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| | set of letters. In 1900 it was
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| consonants in English. The N is also a
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| | standardized in brushwritten and
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| very unusual sound as it can actually
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| | woodblock-printed forms, mainly for
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| take on four different sounds, depending
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| | artistic purposes. Because of this,
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| on where it is found in the word.If it
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| | hiragana tends to have a roundish,
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| precedes a vowel (as in no) it has the
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| | flowing style and shape.Officials and
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| normal N sound found in English. Before
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| | scholars continued to use classical
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| t, ts, d, n, ch, j it also posses the
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| | Chinese for their work for many hundred
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| normal n sound.If it is found before p,
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| | years. As the language developed, it
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| b, m it takes on an m sound.If it is
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| | became necessary to add notes next to the
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| found before k and g it sounds like ng as
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| | text to aid in the reading of the texts.
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| in finger.If it is found at the end of a
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| | This began in the Heian period
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| word, or before all other sounds, it has
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| | (794-1192). Because space was limited,
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| a nasal sound, similar to the French n as
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| | scholars began using a shorthand version
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| in pain (bread).There is one other sound
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| | of the kanji used for pronunciation. This
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| that we need to discuss. It is the most
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| | was the beginning of Katakana. In the
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| difficult sound for foreigners to
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| | beginning it was not entirely different
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| pronounce correctly. It is the R sound.
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| | from hiragana but over time developed a
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| This sound is not found in the English
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| | more square appearance, more scholarly.
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| language. It is a somewhere between the
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| | Eventually the katakana script evolved
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| English L, D, R and is a rather short,
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| | such that it began to be used solely for
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| chopped sound. In this case the tongue
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| | writing foreign loan words, or concepts
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| quickly flicks the roof of the mouth just
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| | that did not exist in the native Japanese
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| in front of the soft upper pallette. This
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| | language.Reference: Japanese
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| sound takes a lot of practice to get
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| | Correspondence Course for JET
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| right and in order to pronounce it
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| | Participants, 1993- Cameron Switzer,
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| correctly you need to hear it to be able
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| | Fukui, JapanCameron Switzer has lived and
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| to reproduce it.The following chart shows
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| | worked in Japan for over 15 years. He is
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| all the possible combinations of
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| | fluent in the language, the culture and
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| consonants and vowels in the Japanese
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| | business.To visit his personal site,
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| Language. Note that in almost every case
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| | please go to where you can learn a lot
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| (except for n by itself) all consonants
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| | about life in Japan and have a great time
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| are followed by a vowel. This makes the
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| | while doing it!If you would like to
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| language very easy to pronounce.a ka sa
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| | continue studying the Free! Japanese
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| ta na ha ma ya ra wa wo ni ki shi chi ni
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| | Lessons, please visit:
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| hi mi - ri - - -u ku su tsu nu fu mu yu
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| | today.For assistance regarding business
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| ru - -e ke se te ne he me - re - - -o ko
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| | related to Japan, please visit Cameron's
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| so to no ho mo yo ro - - -There are some
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| | business site, Intrmarket Solutions, at:
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| other sounds which are not quite as
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| | today.
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| common, but are actually a slight
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