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The thing to remember about the syllable tsu is: DON’T
OMIT THE t.
In addition to the simple consonants are the
combinations ky, gy, py, by, my, ny, and hy. (There is also ry,
for which see below, 1.8.) These are pronounced somewhat
as are the corresponding English sounds in cute, gew-gaw or
regular, rebuke, music, and Hugh, provided you distinguish
Hugh from you). In English, these combinations are usually
followed by a vowel corresponding to Japanese u, but in
Japanese they are also followed by a and o. For example,
byōin [byo-o-i-n] ‘hospital’ and biyōin [bi-yo-o-i-n] ‘beauty
shop’ sound similar but differ in that the former has the
combination of b and y whereas these consonants are in
separate syllables in the latter. Here are some examples:
