Minimal pair · Standard Japanese; Tokyo-area citation forms
Japanese /t/ vs /tː/t and long t
Separate the medial singleton from its moraic geminate using ordinary lexical examples. Retained table words have exact provenance; added words are dictionary-curated candidates.
Practice these sounds/t/
An unvoiced tongue closure
A brief stop near the front of the mouth. The target here is the first consonant.
As in音
/tː/
The tː category
Listen for the target sound in each word.
As in夫
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR
A small change.
A different word.
Separate the medial singleton from its moraic geminate using ordinary lexical examples. Retained table words have exact provenance; added words are dictionary-curated candidates.
Listen for the target sound in each word.
Sound examples
Tap to hear each word音
/oto/sound綿
/wata/cotton豚
/bɯta/pig肩
/kata/shoulder旗
/hata/flag夫
/otːo/husbandバッタ
/batːa/grasshopper納豆
/natːoː/fermented soybeans切手
/kitːe/postage stampやっと
/jatːo/finally10 words. Words stay hidden during practice unless you choose to reveal them.