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Colloquial Japanese: The Complete Course for Beginners ...

ing descriptions of Japanese sounds are approximations based on the pronunciation of south-eastern British English. The vowels Japanese has five short vowels a, e, i, o, u and five long vowels roman-ised here aa, ee, ii, oo and uu. The short vowels are all the same length, very short and crisp, giving Japanese its characteristic staccato rhythm.