01-29-2008, 04:06 AM
It is pronounced the same in any dialect...
(With an American accent):
Ka (as in the first syllable of "cotton")
wa (as in the first syllable of "Washington")
ii (as in the first syllable of "east" but extended to twice as long.)
KAWAII has four syllables in Japanese: Ka-Wa-I-I. Each should be spoken for the same length of time.
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