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です

desu

is / copula

です

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The u is often voiceless or gone. Dictionary “de-su” is a studio take.

[Japanese Podcast w/ Subs] 今、一番ほしい家電は何？ | Conversation Listening Practice00:00:00皆さんこんにちは。Meshclassの手塚です。In the corpus80 clipsHear “です”

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ちょっとchottoa bit / hold on / nomora trapThe small っ is a hold: cho-t-to, not choto. Skip it and you have said a different word.Hear itすみませんsumimasenexcuse me / sorryreduced in speechIn running speech the い often thins or drops: すいません, suimasen.Hear itすごいsugoiamazing / intensereduced in speechCitation is three even moras. Clips often crush it to すげー.Hear itやっぱりyapparias expected / stillmora trapThe っ and the p are the word. やはり is the tidy twin; speech prefers this one.Hear it全然zenzenat all / totallymora trapTwo ん beats. English speakers mash it into one “zen”.Hear itうんunyeah / mmmora trapThe ん is its own mora, not an English “un.” Match the hum, not the spelling.Hear itですdesuis / copulareduced in speechThe u is often voiceless or gone. Dictionary “de-su” is a studio take.Hear itありがとうございますarigatō gozaimasuthank you (polite)mora trapLong う is a full beat. ございます often shrinks once the clip is moving.Hear it

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ありがとう

arigatō

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大丈夫？daijōbu?you okay? / is that alright?Question rise lives on the last mora. The う is a beat, not English “joe.”
まじで？maji de?for real?Short, rising, a little sharp. Hear how little of it is the dictionary 真面目.
よろしくねyoroshiku nethanks in advance — with a soft landingThe ね is the personality. Loop just that last beat.
行ってきますitte kimasuI’m heading out (and coming back)The small っ is a hold, then きます. A leaving line, not a textbook verb chart.
お先に失礼しますosaki ni shitsurei shimasusorry, heading out before youOffice cadence: even moras, then a clipped します.
どうしようかなdō shiyō kanaI wonder what I should doHedge stacked on hedge. かな is the whole mood.
それでねsore de neso then, right —A turn-holding stitch. Hear the ね that keeps the floor.
なんかさnanka salike, you know —Glue at the start of a complaint or a story. Not a noun.

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everydayとりあえずtoriaezuBuys time. Often thrown away at the start of a turn.soft考えとくkangae tokuておく → とく. A polite stall in real mouths.warm気になってるki ni natteruなっている → なってる. Soft crush, not a confession speech.annoyedまじかmaji kaShorter and flatter than まじで？ Irritation, not wonder.roughうざいuzaiThree moras, often spat. Not a textbook adjective drill.polite失礼しますshitsurei shimasuA door-line. The し repeats; don’t swallow the second one.

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