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Exceptions are:
6. おおきい ôkii 7. おおい ôi 8. とお tô 9. とおい tôi
10. おおさか Ôsaka
‘large’
‘many’
‘ten (alternative form)’ ‘far’
‘(place name)’
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Syllables consisting of consonant + y + vowel such as kyo are transcribed as follows. きゃ ぎゃ しゃ じゃ ちゃ にゃ みゃ りゃ
きゅ ぎゅ しゅ じゅ ちゅ にゅ みゅ りゅ
きょ ぎょ しょ じょ ちょ にょ みょ りょ
1. きょう ‘today’ 2. とうきょう ‘Tokyo’
The first half of double consonants kk, ss, tt, and pp is written with small っ. 1. よかった ‘It was good.’
2. ちょっと ‘a little’
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3.
せんせい、もういちど いってください。
“Professor, please say it again.”
Note that the first half of nn is spelled with ん and never with っ.
7 Topic particle -wa is written with は.
1. これは、なんですか。 ‘What is this?’
2. こんにちは。 ‘(lit.) How about today?’
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