Hiragana | Phoneme | Pronunciation | Description |
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/da/ | "da" | English "d" + Japanese "a". | |
/di/ | "ji" | English "j" + Japanese "i". Be sure that it is not "di" but "ji". It shares the same pronunciation with /zi/. | |
/du/ | "dzu" | English "dz" + Japanese "u". Be sure that it is not "du" but "dzu". It shares the same pronunciation with /zu/. The Romanization is "zu". | |
/de/ | "de" | English "d" + Japanese "e". | |
/do/ | "do" | English "d" + Japanese "o". |
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Phonemes: | te | tu | ||||||||||||||||||
Meaning: | iron, steel (noun) |
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Phonemes: | ka | ta | ti | |||||||||||||||||
Meaning: | shape (noun) |
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Phonemes: | to | u | da | i | ||||||||||||||||
Meaning: | lighthouse (noun) |