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Japanese pronunciation of onna no hito and otoko no hito?
I was slightly confused as on paper the hiragana end part is 'no hito' but I hear it pronounced something like 'noshto'?
Am I correct in thinking that phonetically woman is spoken as:
on-nanoshto
And man is:
otoko-noshto
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- 7 years agoFavorite Answer
Saying it quickly, it's not impossible to mishear the "hi" as a "sh" sound. The Japanese "hi" does have a bit of a difference from a native English-speaker's use, I suppose, that could be where you're confused. You are not, however, supposed to make a clearly audible "sh" sound.
ON-na no HI-to, capitalization represents where emphasis should be placed.
Here is a vocaroo of it to compare, if it helps:
Source(s): Third-year student of Japanese