Sound Comparison

This page is a compilation of my past blog posts that compare sounds of similar (or identically spelt) words. Each post has audio files embedded.

Japanese Pronunciation

かわい、かわいい、こわい

21 April, 2023

Today’s set of similar sounding words are: かわい、かわいい and こわい I have heard

しゅか、しゅうか、しゅっか

25 September, 2019

Today’s set of confusing sounds are: 主家（しゅか）* one’s employer’s house

よせ、よせい、ようせい

18 September, 2019

Today’s set of similar sounding words are: 余生（よせい） the rest of one’s life

とかい, とうかい, とうかい

4 September, 2019

Japanese has so many homonyms - the same sound but different meanings. Today I talk about とかい

ちずとチーズ

28 August, 2019

Today's sound key words are ちず（地図） and チーズ. Listen and repeat the sound, and you w

よい＆ようい

21 August, 2019

The caption sentence: くねくね道（みち）を通（とお）るから、酔（よ）い止（

すてき、すてっき、すうてき

14 August, 2019

Today’s sentence with a set of similar sounding words is: 看護師さんはステッキをも

かわいいそうだ, かわいそうだ, かわいいらしい, かわいらしい – sound comparison

7 August, 2019

Today's sound comparison is between かわいいそうだ, and かわいそうだ, as well as betwee

しかく、しっかく

31 July, 2019

Today’s set of similar sounding words are: 資格 (qualification), 視覚 (vision) (しかく)

しゅうと、しゅと、シュート

17 July, 2019

こうかい、こっかい

10 July, 2019

The sentence: 公開されている国会で証言したことを後悔しています。means &#822

ロック、ろうく、ろく

3 July, 2019

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