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Jun 27, 2022 · To help perfect this sound, now try saying “da” in English. Notice how your tongue also comes up to the roof of your mouth, but it’s farther back than “la”. For the Japanese ra, you want to try to place your tongue somewhere in between the English “da” and “la” position and then say “ra”. This works exactly the same for ...
Jun 15, 2011 · 15. The sound that's transcribed in Romaji as 'r' is what's refered to in phonetics as an alveolar flap (or alveolar tap). It's a sound made by quickly tapping the tip of your tongue on the alveolar ridge (the same place you use to pronounce sounds like 't' or 'l') and to native American English ears sounds somewhere between an 'r' and an 'l'.
25. The sound called /r/ in Japanese is not quite the same sound as the L or R sounds of English. And as you've correctly observed, there's more than one way to pronounce /r/ in Japanese. There are a couple technical terms from linguistics that might help: /r/ is considered a phoneme.
Dec 30, 2009 · How To Pronounce The Japanese "R" Sound RRRrrrRRRrrrrRRRRrrr. How To Pronounce The Japanese "R" Sound. December 30, 2009 • words written by Koichi. Source: Dennis Crowley. One of the things that almost every Japanese learner has trouble with (if they’re a native English speaker), is the Japanese “R” sound. More specifically: Ra, ri, ru ...
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Oct 21, 2023 · When the ‘r’ is sandwiched between the vowel ‘o’, Japanese people pronounce it using more of the back of the tongue than they do when pronouncing ‘r’ or ‘l’ in English.
Say the word ‘Butter’ or ‘Matter.’. The two T’s in the American English actually sounds like a soft ‘D.’. (I think this is technically called the ‘flap-t’.) Repeat how you pronounced just those two T’s a couple of times. Use this soft D sound where you see the R’s in Japanese.
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May 23, 2018 · Let's look at all of the Japanese vowels: あ = low, center い = high, front う = high, back え = mid, front お = mid, back. Now say each of these sounds out loud, and feel where your tongue is in your own mouth as you imitate the audio. Feel it move forward and backward as well as up and down. あ. い.
