ぁぃぅぇぉかきくけこさしせそたちつ

This is a picture of Japanese pentatonic scale.

1, ぁ: In Japanese vowels, the opening is the largest and the tongue position is the lowest. Lips naturally open, slightly smaller than American English/ɑ/,vibrating vocal cords, loud voice.

2.ぃィ: The pronunciation is slightly looser than when pronouncing American English /i/(ee), and the mouth is less open. The protrusion of the anterior tongue, opposite to the hard palate, forms a narrow channel. The front tongue is hard, vibrating vocal cords, and the voice is sharp.

ぅウ: Lips are naturally slightly open, corners of the mouth are slightly torn, lips should not protrude forward like American English /u/(oo), tongue surface is flat, vocal cords vibrate, and voice is weak.

4.ぇェ: The lips are slightly open left and right, the tongue surface is flat, the mouth shape and the position of the tip of the tongue are between ぁ and ぁ. The root of the tongue is stressed, the vocal cords vibrate and the voice is tense.

5.ぉォ: The lips are slightly round, and the mouth size is between ぁ and ぅ. The tongue is flat and vibrates the vocal cords. Unlike American English /o/(o-e), the sound is more rounded and rich.

6.か: The line of pseudonyms represents five unvoiced sounds, consisting of unvoiced sounds [k] and five vowels. When pronouncing, the root of the tongue is tightly attached to the flap, and then the vocal cords do not vibrate. When it appears in the prefix, its pronunciation is similar to that of American English K, and it has a strong sense of airflow. When it appears in words, it is similar to American English sk, and it does not exhale air.

Pseudonym source

In principle, the long sound of loanwords is written with the long sound symbol "ーーバーコート". However, there are also habits of adding vowels instead of writing long sound symbols, such as ".

At the end of English words, the sounds are equivalent to -er, -or, -ar. In principle, the long sound symbol "-"is used as the long sound, but "ー" is often omitted according to custom. For example: ェレベータ (elevator), コンピュータ(ー)(computer), etc.

In principle, the syllables ィ and the corresponding sounds after ィ are written as ィ, such as ピアノ(piano), イタリア(Italy). However, according to the custom, there are some characters.