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| Hiragana | Pronunciation | Description | How to Write |
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| "sa" | Say the English word "sock" and now drop the CK and you got it. |
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| "shi" | Be sure that it is not "si" but "shi". You pronounce it like the English word of "she". |
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| "su" | Say this like the word sue. As in "I'm going to sue you". |
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| "se" | Just like you are going to say the word send, just drop the final "nd". |
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| "so" | Another easy one. Guess how to say it. |
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| Pronounced: | ah | sa | ||||||||||||||||||
| Translated: | morning | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana | Pronunciation | Description |
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| "dza" | Be sure that it is not "za" but "dza". Say the word "za" but add a slight "d" sound at the beginning. | |
| "ji" | Be sure that it is not "zi" but "ji". Like in the word gee. As in "gee whiz". | |
| "dzu" | Be sure that it is not "zu" but "dzu". Just like "ZA" above. The sound is ZU but with a slight "D" at the beginning. | |
| "dze" | Be sure that it is not "ze" but "dze". | |
| "dzo" | Be sure that it is not "zo" but "dzo". |
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| Pronounced: | dzo | ku | ||||||||||||||||||
| Translated: | World, people. (zoku na/worldly) | |||||||||||||||||||