Pronunciation:
‘ん’ is romanized ‘n’, pronounced ‘n’ as in ‘man’.
Words with ‘ん’:
‘ ん’ in the middle:
- 信じる/しんじる (shinjiru - to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in)
Pronunciation:
‘を’ is romanized ‘wo’, pronounced ‘wo’ as in ‘won’.
It is transliterated variably as <o> or <wo>, with the former being faithful to standard pronunciation but the latter avoiding confusion with お and オ.
Pronunciation:
‘わ’ is romanized ‘wa’.
Words with ‘わ’:
‘わ’ at the beginning:
- 悪い/わるい (warui -> bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry)
- 笑い/わらい (warai -> laugh; laughter; smile; sneer)
- 笑う/わらう (warau -> to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule)
- 若/わか (waka -> youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing))
- 分かる/わかる (wakaru -> to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out)
Pronunciation:
‘ろ’ is romanized ‘ro’ and pronounced ‘ro’ as in ‘rock’.
Words with ‘ろ’:
‘ ろ’ at the beginning:
- 6/ろく (roku -> (num) six))
- 6月/ろくがつ (rokugatsu -> June)
- ろう引き/ろうびき (roubiki -> waxing)
- ろう者/ろうしゃ (rousha -> deaf person)
- ろくろ師/ろくろし (rokuroshi -> turner; thrower)
- 路上/ろじょう (rojou -> (on the) road; (on the) way)
- 露国/ろこく (rokoku -> Russia)
Pronunciation:
‘れ’ is romanized ‘RE’.
Words with ‘れ’:
‘れ’ at the beginning:
- 霊 / れい (rei -> spirit; soul)
- 0 / れい (rei -> zero)
- 歴史 / れきし (rekishi -> history)
- 隷属 / れいぞく (reizoku -> fridge)