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289. 5 pronunciation challenges for Japanese speakers

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How to Pronounce the Stir Sound in Japanese

In Japanese, there is no u. The oo is unrounded. You want to make sure that you really round your lips for those oo sounds. Clusters is when there is a sequence of consonant within the same syllable. But it's one after another without vowels in between. That does not happen in Japanese.

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