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Hiroshima?

posted 19 years ago by Takes2toTricycle
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So, is it pronounced he-row-she-ma or her-oh-sha-ma?
thanks. :)

[–] tittalucie 19 years ago

he-row-she-ma !!

[–] ikyouto 19 years ago

"He-row-sh-ma"

[–] mack-3 19 years ago

correct, very little of the "I" sound in shIma is heard. Also, there's little or no stress or emphasis on any particular syllables in Japanese, so
it's clearly not HE-ro-SHEma. all syllables get about the same stress.

[–] anghel_ng_kamatayan 19 years ago

The only time I hear the Japanese not mentioning a vowel (at least hardly, anyway) is the letter "u", as in "nomimasu" (to drink).