Do you think that Japanese pronunciation is irregular as I am?
For example, /k/ I was taught to pronounce it slight /k/ but some speakers speak it with strong /k/.
Moreover, /k/ as the beginning of a word seems different from when it is in the middle of the word
*unexplainable
How to distinguish between ja, jo and cha, cho?
Thank you
Hi, I'm Japanese and I think we always pronouce [k] regularly. Maybe you talk about the [k] which is changed into small [tsu], for example:
triangle さんかくけい --> さんかっけい
square しかくけい --> しかっけい
wash machine (for clothes) せんたくき --> せんたっき
About other question, in English, ther are like:
[ja] JApanese, JApan
[jo] JOgging
[cha] CHAt, CHAllenge
[cho] the first part of CHOsen (This [o] is pronounced [ou] but Japanese [cho] doesn't have [u] of this pronunciation.)
Anyway, they are totally different from each other. I think you can fine videos "how to pronounce Japanese characters" or something. Please take a look at some.
I hope this was helpful.
