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
とかい, とうかい, とうかい

Japanese has so many homonyms - the same sound but different meanings. Today I talk about とかい ...
ちずとチーズ

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

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

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