How to Pronounce Ra Ri Ru Re Ro - Japanese Pronunciation

In this Japanese pronunciation video, you will learn how to pronounce the Japanese R sound as in Ra, Ri, Ru, Re, Ro. The Japanese R sound is used in some languages, so some of you may already know how to pronounce the Japanese R.

For those who don’t have the Japanese R sound in their native languages, there is a detailed explanation of the Japanese R sound. Also, there is plenty of practice for how to pronounce Ra, Ri, Ru, Re, Ro in this video.

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[MrShagification]

I don't know why so many sources are comparing the Japanese 'r' sounds to English 'l' or 'r' sounds. As an American, it sounds much closer to the 'd' sound. I personally hear the Japanese 'r' as a softer English 'd' sound.

[mio_ony]

This man, has saved me so much pain. All of my Japanese friends laugh at me trying to pronounce it still but i'm learning.

[DeanO]

Finally. A proper explanation that doesn't 100% focus on the position of the tongue and gets to the point. You have saved me a headache!

[JaneAustenAteMyCat]

As an English person, this is sounding like a 'd' rather than an 'r'. I'll keep trying - very helpful video. Subscribed!

[jvelezf]

You make the best pronunciation videos! Most teachers don’t do a good job teaching pronunciation. Your points on tongue placement reduced my accent greatly!

[JohnDoe-ooll]

The examples of the japanese r sound in other languages helped a lot, THANKS!

[greymane_gaming]

started learning japanese about a week ago... I was having trouble undestanding the sounds because I have hearing damage from working around heavy machinery... the visuals of tongue placement helped me IMMENSELY.

[TokyoXtreme]

Perfectly explained, and I sincerely appreciate your style of video with clear, direct explanations, and with proper IPA terminology. This video is the first of yours I’ve seen so far, and now I’m going to look through all of your uploads.

Keep it up!

[localnyraccoon]

I'm so glad that he used words that have the sound in different languages to give a better example.

[_SVEN]

I don't know about everyone else but personally the word "hiragana" was easy to make the "r" sound so if you just practice saying it fast then slowly it's easier to figure out how to say it, so to say the "ra", "ri", "ru" I started saying hiragana but at the "r" sound i finished it saying "ra", "ri", "ru" (sorry if that made no sense this isn't my first language 😅)

[stinkallicious]

This was so helpful! I'm 13, already fluent in English and Spanish, but I'm trying to learn Japanese too (so I can be trilingual). I didn't know the Japanese R is the same sound as the soft Spanish R and the English use of the T sound in "better". It was great to have that comparison. This video is very well made. Thank you very much, muchisimas gracias, or arigatou gozaimasu!

[cintyaa]

Now I can pronounce "r" japanese is better than before. Thank you so much❤❤

[beaterudolf]

Very well explained and straight-forward!

[eviee]

In my point of view the Japanese “r” is pronounced like between a “d” and a “t”

[MicrophoneSmith]

I just watched 8 videos in a row looking for proper explanation and this is the only one that made it more clear for me.

[shion]

My mother tongue is Polish (a Slavic language). Unfortunately we don't have this sound. We use a hard 'r'. Everytime I speak Japanese I'm afraid that my too harsh 'r' is noticeable. This helped me to understand the theory but my tongue still wants to pronounce this sound harder.

[fumikonakuya]

What's really funny to me is, that I actually taught myself exactly this several years ago by just trying some things and thinking "hey, this sounds close enough". Though I didn't really know for sure up until now that it was actually the exact correct technique. This actually makes me kinda proud haha

[MisterGreenGuy]

This is hands down the best video on this subject. ありがとございます

[gabrielapuig]

Thank you so much! This video was super helpful. What helped me learn how to pronounce the 'th' sound in English was knowing how my mouth had to move in order to make that sound, so I appreciate that you explained that. And knowing that I pronounce those sounds in everyday words of my native language worked like a shortcut to get them right. Again, thank you and I hope you have a good day!

[coolbionicle]

Finally someone who doesn't associate it directly with the L sound so strongly! I'm puertorrican therefore I speak spanish so it was really easy for me to learn the correct pronunciation from the get go. Now I'm not one to comment on the subject since I'm still on baby steps at learning grammar and basic vocabulary but I always found it kind of annoying how other teachers just straight up kept saying la, li, lu, le, lo instead of just comparing it to a soft D sound (let's say soft D is ~d so it would be ~da, ~di, ~du, ~de, ~do ). Sorry for the small rant.