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Old 16-May-2004   #2
Carl_Bergstrom
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Here's a quick guide to japanese pronounciation.

Only five basic vowel sounds.

a = as in straw
i = as in free
u = as in through
e = as in hay
o = and in crow

The combinations sound basically as they sound when you say them quickly:

e.g.

ai as in high

The consonents are pretty much just as you'd expect.

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Carl
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