 ... and su, when it has a close sound, resembling, as near as possible, the sound of u pronounced with the vocal organs fixed in the position they are in just after pronouncing the letter s.  和英英和語林集成 - Page xiby James Curtis Hepburn - 1886 - 962 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Curtis Hepburn - English language - 1873 - 546 pages
...prolonged. # has the long sound of u in rule, tune, or oo in moon, excepting in the syllables tsu, dzu, and su, when it has a close sound, resembling, as...position they are in just after pronouncing the letter s. ai has the sound of ai in aisle, or like eye. au has the sound of ow in cow, how. ch is pronounced... | |
 | Willis Norton Whitney - Japan - 1889 - 268 pages
...has the long sound of « in rule, tune, or oo in moon, excepting in the syllables tsu, zu, and sit, when it has a close sound, resembling, as near as possible, the sound of « pronounced with the vocal organs fixed in the position they are in just after pronouncing the letter... | |
 | United States. Naval Oceanographic Office - Names, Geographical - 1891 - 104 pages
...rules, with the slight exceptions here noted: n — as in rule, tune, except in the syllables tsu, zu and su, when it has a close sound, resembling as...position they are in just after pronouncing the letter s. T... . a rt 1 H X f J o f. ka * .&i 7. Aru 7-. fee 3 fa> *" <7' 7'. <7U V. ae 3".. . ,.qo t sa ^i.... | |
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