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Table 1 - The 46 Syllables of the Japanese Syllabary (romanized)
a ka sa ta na ha ma ra ya wa n
i ki shi chi ni hi mi ri
u ku su tsu nu fu mu ru yu
e ke se te ne he me re
o ko so to no ho mo ro yo wo

あ か さ た な は ま ら や わ ん
い き し ち に ひ み り
う く す つ ぬ ふ む る ゆ
え け せ て ね へ め れ
お こ そ と の ほ も ろ よ を

The above are the 46 syllables of the Japanese Syllabary. Individually they are called mora. Plurally they are called morae. One mora in particular is the focus of this article. The Tsu mora.
When the tsu syllable is added before the consonants k,p, and t, a hardened double consonant sound is produced. You spit out the words Like the sound of the doubled k in bookkeeper, adding the syllable tsu to ka, ki, ku, ke, ko . This special pronunciation of the doubled consonant is denoted by lowered case or subscript tsu in either hiragana or katakana. Some examples are as follows:

1. makka – deep red
2. jikken – experiment or test
3. shuppan – publish , shuppatsu – departure
4. zettai – suredly, absoluteness
5. tokkyo – not the city toukyou which has the elongated
6. happi – the English word happy in katakana

Note the use of the doubled consonant sound in Japanese is indicated by a lower case tsu followed by the doubled consonant sound.



When n is not connected to a vowel as in the very last syllable of the Japanese syllabary which in fact is just n or , it is like a syllable unto itself. It receives a full count if language were a music it would receive the same amount of time that a 2 lettered syllable receives., and is denoted by the apostrophe ‘. For example:
1. Kin’en this is Japanese for no smoking not kinen or the word for anniversary.
so it has 4 syllables and the word for anniversary has 3.

To say the ra ri ru re ro line of the syllabary say first in English eddy then make sure the tip of your tongue is touching delicately behind the upper front teeth. If you say it like this you come close to a true pronunciation of the Japanese word for collar, or eri.
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As always Ganbatte ne! Do your best! Makurasuki Sensei yori Ja mata kondo!

Outlandish love life in the midst of Out of Place Blogging

Do you have a lurking suspicion that your significant other may be cheating on you? You know, those strange impressions and feelings you get lately that he/she may be messing around sexually or otherwise and you want to find out why, who, where and why again? After the clues of their deceit come the names of the culprits. If you suspect your significant other to be cheating on you and want to find out who they are doing it with continue to read to the end.
11 signs of Infidelity – The infidel alarm
Your infidel alarm should go off for any or all of the following reasons:
1. When you hear your friends mention to you that she/ he has been acting un-seemingly for a loyal lover. Ouch
2. When your significant other exudes smells unfamiliar to you. Lipstick on collar, barely noticeable hickies any physical sudden differences may be cause for the infidel alarm.
3. If they are the type that usually always wants sex but lately for some reason they seem uninterested. Basically any unexpected change in their sexual habits should be a cause for the infidel alarm.
4. When your phone bill is a higher than usual. Long distance or other types of phone charges to cities unknown to people unknown. When you find phone numbers filling his/her cell phone that you have no clue who they are then this may be a cause for the infidel alarm. Ouch.
5. When you find that your lover has changed the password on the windows startup or has files locked or when in general anything requiring a password or a lock to be bolted on something that was previously free for you to explore thus hiding his/her dirty two-timing.
6. When your significant other starts caring or paying more attention to their looks like make-up etc when before with you they weren't that concerned.
7. If you happen to find your credit card has been billed to adultfriendfinder.
8. When your significant other comes home with amazingly strange gifts that he/she offers ludicrous explanations about where they came from.
9. When you receive more than your fair share of prank calls or just simply more strange phone calls where the caller hangs up on you. Ouch.
10. Be very weary of your significant other when they appear to be having a little too much fun chatting online and using their instant messaging systems too much. I sadly must admit this has been the cause of infidelity in too many of my friends, even marriages and kids can't seem to suffice in quelling the alarm of the infidel.
11. If you find any item that seems out of place, and your intuition is giving you the suspicion that your significant other is up to no good. Items like, strange panties, Hanes or other brands of underwear you know you didn't buy at Wal-mart, condoms when you don't use any, any type of strange articles of clothing, shirts, hair clips, rubber bands, cosmetics, accessories just little pieces of evidence where your significant other can't just put the to your faithful dog.
So what to do? The loss of a love can be debilitating, I know. One thing you can do is find out who the other person is. Find the owner of any cell phone number using the reverse cell phone search. More is explained here at http://squidoo.com/phonesearch

If your infidel alarm has startled your little neighborhood and you can’t find out what is going on, take matters into your own hands. You can take control. To get to the bottom of this fiasco, all you need is a cell phone number. You can find out who owns any cell number by going directly here and inserting the cell numberClick Here