Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Japanese - How you spell this one in Romaji please?

Question:


The image is here >> http://imageshack.us/f/192/943t.jpg/
any idea how to pronounce it? :(
And what is the 2 rows of Hiragana and Katakana on top of "0.3 lunch" ,romaji and meaning please?
Thank you so so so much!

Answer:


Romaji - 0.3 byou ranchi
(the u at the end of byou signifies a long o sound, not an actual u sound in english)
(ranchi would be the Japanese pronunciation of "Lunch" ra would be pronounced similar to la)
Phonetic Pronunciation - 0.3 b-YOo rLA-N-CHi
English - 0.3 Second Lunch

The hiragana and katakana over the Kanji and English are called "furigana." It's used to help readers unfamiliar with the Kanji or English read the word. Since there are over 2,000 Kanji in Japanese it could be common for younger readers in case they have not learned the Kanji yet in school but know the vocabulary. Or, in the case of English, may know the English word pronounced in the Japanese manner, but not how to read it in roman script.

Hope that helps!

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