why is 学校 （がっこう）transcribed as gakkō？?
why is 学校 （がっこう）transcribed as "gakkō" but not as "gākō"?
why is 学校 （がっこう）transcribed as "gakkō" but not as "gākō"?
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Simple, because っ denotes a "double" sound and ō denotes a う ending sound.
Ex.
Nikko - にっこう
Madame M
Because gaakou is a different word: ãããããI have no idea what it would mean.
I mean, you might as well ask, why is school written "school" instead of "skull." Or "skell." It's that level of difference.
♡Princess-Lydia♡
here are the reason
ã£/ã(small tsu) makes the second letter double ex. ã¹ããã is sutoppu cuz of ã¹ã(ãã)
the long sounds make has the line above the letter like Å