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Japanese Pronunciation Basics
Pronouncing words in Japanese is easy to do. There are 5 vowel sounds, just like in most western languages, and from there, it’s simply combining consonant sounds with them. It’s really hard to get it wrong once you’ve become acclimated to the pronunciations, so over time, even if you have an accent, you’ll hear that go away. Give it a try!