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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 ばしょ, かびん, ヴァージョン basho, kabin, vājon about
bʲ びょうき byōki rebuke
ç ひと, ひょう hito, hyō hue
ɕ した, いっしょう shita, isshō sheep
d どうも, どうどう dōmo, dōdō door
dz[1] ざぜん, あんぜん, キッズ zazen, anzen, kizzu[2] cards
ɟʑ/dʑ[1] じょじょ, かんじゃ, エッジ jojo, kanja, ejji[2] judge you
ɸ ふじ fuji phew!
ɡ[3] がっこう, りんご, ぎんこう gakkō, ringo, ginkō again
ɡʲ きぎょう kigyō argue
h ほん, はは hon, haha hat
j やくしゃ, ゆず yakusha, yuzu yacht
k くる, はっき kuru, hakki skate
kʲ きょうかい, けっきょく kyōkai, kekkyoku skew
m みかん, せんぱい, もんもん mikan, senpai, monmon much
mʲ みゃく myaku mute
n なっとう, かんたん nattō, kantan not
ɲ にわ, こんにゃく, きんちょう niwa, konnyaku, kinchō canyon
ŋ[3] りんご, なんきょく ringo, nankyoku sing
ɴ[4] にほん nihon roughly like long
p パン, たんぽぽ pan, tanpopo span
pʲ はっぴょう happyō spew
ɾ[5] ろく, そら roku, sora American atom
ɾʲ[6] りょうり ryōri American party
s する, さっそう suru, sassō soup
t たべる, とって taberu, totte stop
cɕ/tɕ ちかい, けっちゃく chikai, ketchaku[2] cheese
ts つなみ, いっつい tsunami, ittsui[2] cats
β̞/w[7] わさび wasabi roughly like was
ɰ̃[8] ふんいき, でんわ, あんしん fun'iki, denwa, anshin rain
z[1] ざぜん, つづく zazen, tsuzuku zoo
ʑ[1] みじかい, じょじょ mijikai, jojo vision
ʔ あつっ! atsu'! uh-oh
Vowels
IPA Example English approximation
Kana Romanization
a ある aru father
e えき eki bet
i いる iru meet
i̥[9] した shita whispered meet
o おに oni story
ɯ[10] すう suu shoot
ɯ̥[9] ふく fuku whispered shoot
ɨ[11] すう suu foot
ɨ̥[9] すく suku whispered foot
Suprasegmentals
IPA Description Example English approximation
ː Long vowel hyōmei, ojiisan Standard Southern British bared (compare bed)
. Syllabification nin'i [ɲiɰ̃.i] higher /ˈhaɪ.ər/
◌́ High tone [kákì ò] (牡蠣を, 'oyster'),
[kàkí ò] (垣を, 'fence')
◌̀ Low tone
| Minor break[12] [ɲìçjákɯ́ | ɲíʑɯ̀ɯ̀ | jòꜜʑíkàɴ̀] (二百二十四時間, 'two hundred and twenty-four hours')
ꜜ Downstep[13]
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