Writing & Language
The Tiny Tsu, Ya, Yu and Yo
A small tsu doubles the next consonant and a small ya merges two sounds into one beat. Get the size wrong and you have written a different word.
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Your Name in Japanese
Five English Sounds Japanese Does Not Have
L and R, both th sounds, V, the missing consonant-vowel pairs and the vowels Japanese inserts into consonant clusters. None of it is random, and all of it is predictable.
Writing & Language
Romaji Explained: Three Systems and Which One to Use
Hepburn, Kunrei-shiki and Nihon-shiki disagree about a handful of very common syllables. How to tell them apart, which to use, and what to do about long vowels.