Japanese 日语

List of Abbreviations / 简称列表

RMJ = Japanese Romaji
IPA = International Phonetic Alphabet
ARP = English Arpabet & Arpasing

Vowels and Semivowels

RMJ	IPA	Category	Example	ARP
a	ä	Vowel	あ a	ae
i	i	Vowel	い i	iy
u	ɯᵝ or ɯ͡β	Vowel	う u	uh
e	e̞	Vowel	え e	eh
o	o̞	Vowel	お o	ao
N	ɴ m n ŋ	Vowel	ん n	ng
w	w͍ or wᵝ	Semivowel	わ wa	w
v	v~b	Semivowel	ヴァ va	v
y	j	Semivowel	や ya	y

Consonants

RMJ	IPA	Category	Example	ARP
t	t	Stop	た ta	t
ty	tʲ	Stop	てゃ tya	t y
d	d	Stop	だ da	d
dy	dʲ	Stop	でゃ dya	d y
s	s	Fricative	さ sa	s
sh	ɕ or ʃʲ	Fricative	しゃ sha	sh
j	dʑ ʑ or ʒʲ	Affricate	じゃ ja	zh
z	z	Affricate	ざ za	z
ts	ts	Affricate	つ tsu	t s
ch	tɕ	Affricate	ちゃ cha	ch
k	k	Stop	か ka	k
ky	kʲ	Stop	きゃ kya	k y
g	ɡ	Stop	が ga	g
gy	ɡʲ	Stop	ぎゃ gya	g y
h	h	Aspirate	ハ ha	hh
hy	ç	Aspirate	ひゃ hya	hh y
b	b	Stop	ば ba	b
by	bʲ	Stop	びゃ bya	b y
p	p	Stop	ぱ pa	p
py	pʲ	Stop	ぴゃ pya	p y
n	n	Nasal	な na	n
ny	ɲ or nʲ	Nasal	にゃ nya	n y
m	m	Nasal	ま ma	m
my	mʲ	Nasal	みゃ mya	m y
r	ɾ	iquid	ら ra/la	dx
ry	ɾʲ	Liquid	りゃ rya	dx y
f	ɸ	Fricative	ふぁ fa	f
kw	kʷ
gw	ɡʷ