appendix: Japanese phonology

See Japanese phonology at English Wikipedia for a thorough look at the sounds of Japanese. For a comprehensive table of IPA characters describing the pronunciation of the Japanese language, see Wikipedia's corresponding IPA page.

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	Bilabial	Alveolar	Alveolo- palatal	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m	n	ɲ (ɲ̟)		ŋ	ɴ
Plosive	p, b	t, d			k, ɡ
Affricate		ts, dz	tɕ, dʑ
Fricative	ɸ	s, z	ɕ, ʑ	ç			h
Liquid		ɾ, r
Semivowel				j	ɰᵝ, w
Special moras	/N/  /Q/