Chapter 9 - Japanese Vowels

IPA transcriptions use the simplest symbol when no contrast is involved. In a narrower transcription the vowel represented by [e] could be transcribed as [ɛ], and the vowel represented by [u] could be transcribed as [ɯ].

This speaker pronounces these words with a final glottal stop. All five words bear a phonological pitch accent, which is not evident on monosyllabic words.