Japanese - ROMAJI
Phoneme
IPA
Category
Example
a
ä
vowel
あ a
i
i
vowel
い i
u
ɯ
vowel
う u
e
e̞
vowel
え e
o
o̞
vowel
お o
N
n *
vowel
ん n
t
t
stop
た ta
d
d
stop
だ da
s
s
fricative
さ sa
sh
ɕ
fricative
し shi
j
dʑ
affricate
じ ja
z
dz
affricate
ざ za
ts
ts
affricate
つ tsa
k
k
stop
か ka
g
ɡ
stop
が ga
h
h
aspirate
は ha
b
b
stop
ば ba
p
p
stop
ぱ pa
f
ɸ
fricative
ふ fu
ch
tɕ
affricate
ち chi
ry
ɾʲ
liquid
りゃ rya
ky
kʲ
stop
きゃ kya
py
pʲ
stop
ピャ pya
dy
d͡ʑ
stop
ぢゃ dya
ty
tɕ
stop
ちゃ tya
ny
ɲ̟
nasal
にゃ nya
hy
ç
aspirate
ひゃ hya
my
mʲ
nasal
みゃ mya
gy
ɡʲ
stop
ぎゃ gya
by
bʲ
stop
びゃ bya
n
n
nasal
な na
m
m
nasal
ま ma
r
ɾ
liquid
ら la
w
w
semivowel
わ wa
v
v
semivowel
ゔ vu
y
j
semivowel
や ya
Reserved Phonemes
Phoneme
IPA
Category
Example
kw
kɰᵝ
stop
くぁ kwa
gw
ɡɰᵝ
stop
ぐぁ gwa
*This phoneme is extremely context dependent.
[n] before consonants t, d, ch, j, n, r, s, ts, z
[m] before m, p, b
[ŋ] before k, g
[ɴ] at the end of utterances