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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
3. it doesn't sound like tzu—a native will tell you that づ and ず in most of Japan are now pronounced the same.
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All of the green and yellow in the map pronounce ず and づ exactly the same. |
This is true. If OP is learning the standard Japanese, which he should be, there is absolutely no difference in pronunciation between ず and づ. The same rule applies to Tokyo dialect (as OP appears to live in Tokyo.)
Since over 95% of us live in the yellow and green areas on that map, this fact about the pronunciation should not be taken lightly. If you pronounce ず and づ differently, you will sound strange to most Japanese. In fact, I, as a native speaker, don't even know how to pronounce those two syllables differently.