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Jul 30, 2018

Contracted sound



In the previous article, I explained about syllabic nasal.
  Syllabic nasal >>

It is a small version of the character, つ.

Like that, there are other small characters in Japanese.

They are called "Contracted sound".

But the way to use them is a little bit different from syllabic nasal!


At first, let's check the chart of contracted sound!



The chart of contracted sound:


The line of Ky きゃ
(kya)
きゅ
(kyu)
きょ
(kyo)
The line of Sh しゃ
(sha)
しゅ
(shu)
しょ
(sho)
The line of Ch ちゃ
(cha)
ちゅ
(chu)
ちょ
(cho)
The line of Ny にゃ
(nya)
にゅ
(nyu)
にょ
(nyo)
The line of Hy ひゃ
(hya)
ひゅ
(hyu)
ひょ
(hyo)
The line of My みゃ
(mya)
みゅ
(myu)
みょ
(myo)
The line of Ry りゃ
(rya)
りゅ
(ryu)
りょ
(ryo)


The line of Gy ぎゃ
(gya)
ぎゅ
(gyu)
ぎょ
(gyo)
The line of J じゃ
(ja)
じゅ
(ju)
じょ
(jo)
The line of J ぢゃ
(ja)
ぢゅ
(ju)
ぢょ
(jo)
The line of By びゃ
(bya)
びゅ
(byu)
びょ
(byo)


The line of Py ぴゃ
(pya)
ぴゅ
(pyu)
ぴょ
(pyo)


As the table above, contracted sound is a sound written by two characters, one big character and one small character.

If you still don't remember basic Hiragana characters, please check the Hiragana chart below:

If you still don't remember ぎ, じ, or び, please remember the dull sound chart below:

If you still don't remember ぴ, please remember the P-sound chart below:



In the table of contracted sound, there are two lines of J.

Actually, the second line is not used normally.
So じゃ, じゅ, and じょ are normally used instead of ぢゃ, ぢゅ, and ぢょ if there is not some special reason.



Let's check some examples of contracted sound!




Examples:

EnglishHiraganaRomaji
catきゃっとkyatto
nuclearにゅうくりあnyukuria
joinじょいんjoin
pureぴゅpyua

If you don't remember the small character, っ for 'cat', please check the previous article.
  Syllabic nasal >>

Right column of the table is written in Japanese alphabetic letter, called "Romaji".
As I told in previous article, if you are an English speaker, you might feel "cat" and "kyatto" sound different.
But Romaji is generally used in Japan to convert Hiragana and Katakana into alphabet.
Please check the article below for further information about Romaji:
  Romaji >>

I hope this article helps you study Japanese!
Thank you for reading!


Related articles:

    Hiragana quiz >>

    Hiragana chart >>

    Dull sound >>

    P-sound >>

    Syllabic nasal >>

    Romaji chart >>

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