How do you pronounce Japanese words correctly?
How do you pronounce Japanese in Japanese?
Do Japanese pronounce R as L?
There’s a simple reason why Japanese people can‘t pronounce R and L correctly. They don’t exist in Japanese. The Japanese version of the ‘rrr’ type of sound, the ra ri ru re ro (ら り る れ ろ) row in the phonetic hiragana alphabet, is somewhere between R and L. So, ‘rice’ gets pronounced ‘lice’, ‘balloon’ as ‘baroon’, etc.
How do Japanese pronounce English words?
Everyone has the same vocal chords, but languages differ on what kinds of syllables and consonant clusters they allow. Japanese doesn’t allow consonant clusters, so Japanese speakers insert extra vowels into borrowed English words. TLDR: It’s difficult for them to pronounce words that don’t end in vowels.