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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.
Many generalizations about Japanese pronunciation have exceptions if recent loanwords are taken into account. For example, the consonant [p] generally does not occur at the start of native (Yamato) or Chinese-derived (Sino-Japanese) words, but it occurs freely in this position in mimetic and foreign words. [2]
Hiragana are generally used to write some Japanese words and given names and grammatical aspects of Japanese. For example, the Japanese word for "to do" (する suru) is written with two hiragana: す (su) + る (ru). Katakana are generally used to write loanwords, foreign names and onomatopoeia.
Hala is the Kahuna of Melemele Island, who uses Fighting-types. He has been a Kahuna for a long time ever since Professor Kukui was a child. Prior to Ash's arrival to Alola, he mentored Kukui and Guzma before Guzma grew disillusioned and ran off vowing to become strong without Hala's teachings, Z-rings or Crystals.
め, in hiragana, or メ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both versions of the kana are written in two strokes and represent [me] . Form
Haruna Lee, Japanese Taiwanese American theatre maker and writer; Haruna Matsumoto (松本 遥奈, born 1993), Japanese snowboarder; Haruna Miyake (三宅 榛名, born 1942), Japanese pianist and composer; Haruna Ogata (尾形 春水, born 1999), Japanese idol and singer; Haruna Okuno (奥野 春菜, born 1999), Japanese sport wrestler
In Japanese this accent is called 尾高型 odakagata ("tail-high"). If the word does not have an accent, the pitch rises from a low starting point on the first mora or two, and then levels out in the middle of the speaker's range, without ever reaching the high tone of an accented mora. In Japanese this accent is named "flat" (平板式 ...
Precedence is given to grammar over pronunciation. For example, the verb warau (to laugh) is written わらふ warafu, and in accordance with Japanese grammar rules, waraō, the volitional form of warau, is written わらはう warahau. The kana づ du and ぢ di, which are mostly only used in rendaku in modern kana usage, are more common.