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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Japanese on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Japanese in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
The expected pronunciation in English would sound like "goatee" / ˈ ɡ oʊ t i /, not "fish". [ 1 ] Both of the digraphs in the spelling – gh and ti – are examples of consonant shifts, the gradual transformation of a consonant in a particular spoken context while retaining its identity in writing.
If a common English rendering of the non-English name exists (Venice, Nikita Khrushchev), its pronunciation, if necessary, should be indicated before the non-English one. For English words and names, pronunciation should normally be omitted for common words or when obvious from the spelling; use it only for loanwords from other languages (coup ...
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...
Rosita patch, Chlosyne rosita Silvery checkerspot, Chlosyne nycteis Pearl crescent, Phyciodes tharos Variable checkerspot, Euphydryas chalcedona Baltimore checkerspot, Euphydryas phaeton Question mark, Polygonia interrogationis American lady, Vanessa virginiensis Common buckeye, Junonia coenia Banded peacock, Anartia fatima
Motomu Teshirogi, 1997 An Illustrated Book of the Japanese Lycaenidae Tōkyō: Tōkai Daigaku Shuppankai. ISBN 9784486014058; Toshio Inomata Ed. Colour photographs by Katsuji Iwao. 1986.Atlas of the Japanese Butterflies Take Shobo Co. Ltd., 7-3, lidabashi 2, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 102 Japan.500 pp., numerous text figs., 86 color plates.
The modern use derives from an account in the Hebrew Bible, in which pronunciation of this word was used to distinguish Ephraimites, whose dialect used a differently sounding first consonant. The difference concerns the Hebrew letter shin, which is now pronounced as [ʃ] (as in shoe). [6]
Danainae is a subfamily of the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. It includes the Daniadae, or milkweed butterflies, who lay their eggs on various milkweeds on which their larvae ( caterpillars ) feed, as well as the clearwing butterflies ( Ithomiini ), and the tellervini .