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2026-10-06reduced in speech
です
desu
is / copula
です
Why this one
The u is often voiceless or gone. Dictionary “de-su” is a studio take.
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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.ちょっとすみませんsumimasenexcuse me / sorryreduced in speechIn running speech the い often thins or drops: すいません, suimasen.すみませんすごいsugoiamazing / intensereduced in speechCitation is three even moras. Clips often crush it to すげー.すごいやっぱりyapparias expected / stillmora trapThe っ and the p are the word. やはり is the tidy twin; speech prefers this one.やっぱり全然zenzenat all / totallymora trapTwo ん beats. English speakers mash it into one “zen”.ぜんぜんうんunyeah / mmmora trapThe ん is its own mora, not an English “un.” Match the hum, not the spelling.うんですdesuis / copulareduced in speechThe u is often voiceless or gone. Dictionary “de-su” is a studio take.です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.ありがとうございます
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ちょっとchottomora 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sumimasenreduced in speechIn running speech the い often thins or drops: すいません, suimasen.Hear itすごいsugoireduced in speechCitation is three even moras. Clips often crush it to すげー.Hear itやっぱりyapparimora trapThe っ and the p are the word. やはり is the tidy twin; speech prefers this one.Hear it全然zenzenmora trapTwo ん beats. English speakers mash it into one “zen”.Hear itうんunmora trapThe ん is its own mora, not an English “un.” Match the hum, not the spelling.Hear itですdesureduced 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 gozaimasumora trapLong う is a full beat. ございます often shrinks once the clip is moving.Hear it
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01Hear it大丈夫？daijōbu?you okay? / is that alright?02Hear itまじで？maji de?for real?03Hear itよろしくねyoroshiku nethanks in advance — with a soft landing04Hear it行ってきますitte kimasuI’m heading out (and coming back)05Hear itお先に失礼しますosaki ni shitsurei shimasusorry, heading out before you06Hear itどうしようかなdō shiyō kanaI wonder what I should do07Hear itそれでねsore de neso then, right —08Hear itなんかさnanka salike, you know —
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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.”Hear itまじで？maji de?for real?Short, rising, a little sharp. Hear how little of it is the dictionary 真面目.Hear itよろしくねyoroshiku nethanks in advance — with a soft landingThe ね is the personality. Loop just that last beat.Hear it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.Hear it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.Hear itどうしようかなdō shiyō kanaI wonder what I should doHedge stacked on hedge. かな is the whole mood.Hear itそれでねsore de neso then, right —A turn-holding stitch. Hear the ね that keeps the floor.Hear itなんかさnanka salike, you know —Glue at the start of a complaint or a story. Not a noun.Hear it
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Same letters, different melody — or the same word in Tokyo and Kansai.
Chopsticks drop after the first mora. The bridge stays high into the particle.
Rain falls. Candy doesn’t. Same kana in a dictionary list.
Flower vs nose — English stress will not save you here.
Exist vs need. The kanji in the lookup is doing you a favor.
Same thank-you. Tokyo and Kansai do not share a melody.
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あるある
aru aru
Two identical hits. Keep them even.
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