Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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Japanese

/ˌdʒæp.əˈniːz/ adjective, noun, proper noun

Forms Japaneses

  1. adjective Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture. “A Japanese saw is one that cuts on the pull stroke rather than on the push stroke.”
  2. adjective Of or relating to the Yamato people. “The Ainu were subject to forced assimilation by the Japanese since at least the 18th century.”
  3. noun (countable, chiefly in the plural) A native or inhabitant of Japan.
  4. noun (countable, chiefly in the plural) A member of the predominant ethnic group of Japan, also found throughout the world in diaspora. “A Japanese will typically have black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin.”
  5. proper noun A language that is primarily spoken in East Asia and is the official language of Japan. “I’ve been studying Japanese for three years, and I still can’t order pizza in Tokyo!”

Synonyms

Japonian Japonite Japonic Nipponese Nipponic Japanee Japanner Nihongo

Etymology

From Japan + -ese after the model of earlier Portuguese japonês, New Latin japonensis, French japonais, etc.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.
  2. noun A native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people of Japan.
  3. noun sing.

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “Japanese”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details