Mike's Japanese Pronunciation Chart

The 411 on Japanese Pronunciation

Japanese has 5 basic sounds... a / i / u / e / o

a - sounds like you are sounding out the letter a.

i - sounds like your are pronouncing the letter "e."

u - sounds like you are saying "oooh la la..."

e - sounds like you are pronouncing the letter "a."

o - sounds like you are pronouncing the letter "o."

After this the sounds kind of repeat but with a different letter in front of them. I think Japanese is very easy to pronounce cause it basically always follows these five sounds. The key is that when you read romaji, do not read it like reading an English sentence.

a	i	u	e	o
ka	ki	ku	ke	ko
sa	shi	su	se	so
ta	chi	tsu	te	to
na	ni	nu	ne	no
ha	hi	hu	he	ho
ma	mi	mu	me	mo
ya	yi	yu	ye	yo
ra	ri	ru	re	ro
wa	wi	wu	we	wo
n
ga	gi	gu	ge	go
za	ji	zu	ze	zo
da	di	du	de	do
ba	bi	bu	be	bo
pa	pi	pu	pe	po
jya	ji	jyu	jye	jyo
sha		shu		sho
ya		yu		yo

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