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01-16-2009, 09:36 AM

Sorry if I "daburu" what others have said.

According to a Japanese linguist named Mizutani, there have been educational fashions on this topic. It used to be that the intervocallic (between vowels) pronunciation "ng" (as in "singer" not "finger") was favored; later, the "g" sound came into educational favor. However, both are correct.

You will notice that the "ng" sound is popular with older people and with enka songs. I personally prefer the intervocallic "ng" pronunciation.


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