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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Japanese language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Examples in the charts are Japanese words transliterated according to the Hepburn romanization system.

See Japanese phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Japanese.

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Consonants
IPA Example English approximation
Kana Romanization
b しょ, , ァージョン basho, kabin, vājon about
びょうき byōki rebuke
ç と, ひょ hito, hyō hue
ɕ た, っしょ shita, isshō sheep
d うも, dōmo, dōdō door
dz[1] ぜん, あん, ッズ zazen, anzen, kizzu[2] cards
[1] ょじょ, かん, ッジ jojo, kanja, ejji[2] judge you
ɸ fuji phew!
ɡ[3] っこう, りん, んこう gakkō, ringo, ginkō again
ɡʲ ぎょ kigyō argue
h ん, はは hon, haha hat
j くしゃ, yakusha, yuzu yacht
k る, っき kuru, hakki skate
きょうかい, っきょ kyōkai, kekkyoku skew
m かん, ぱい, もんも mikan, senpai, monmon much
みゃ myaku mute
n っとう, たん nattō, kantan not
ɲ わ, んにゃ, ちょう niwa, konnyaku, kinchō canyon
ŋ[3] ご, きょく ringo, nankyoku pink
ɴ[4] にほ nihon roughly like long
p ン, たんぽぽ pan, tanpopo span
っぴょ happyō spew
ɾ[5] く, roku, sora American atom
ɾʲ[6] りょうり ryōri American party
s る, さっそ suru, sassō soup
t べる, とって taberu, totte stop
かい, っちゃ chikai, ketchaku[2] teach you
ts なみ, っつ tsunami, ittsui[2] cats
w[7] さび wasabi roughly like was
ɰ̃[8] いき, , しん fun'iki, denwa, anshin rain
z[1] ん, zazen, tsuzuku zoo
ʑ[1] かい, じょ mijikai, jojo vision
ʔ あつ atsu'! uh-oh
Vowels
IPA Example English approximation
Kana Romanization
a aru father
e eki bet
i iru meet
[9] shita whispered meet
o oni story
ɯ[10] なぎ unagi shoot
ɯ̥[9] きやき sukiyaki whispered shoot
Suprasegmentals
IPA Description Example English approximation
ː Long vowel hyōmei, ojiisan Southern British bared (compare bed)
Pitch drop[11] [kaꜜki] (牡蠣, 'oyster'),
[kakiꜜ] (, 'fence')
/ˈmæri/ (marry),
/məˈr/ (Marie)
. Syllabification nin'i [ɲiɰ̃.i] higher /ˈh.ər/
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