[givemesomebeer]

Originally Posted by JohnBraden

After countless newscasts on NHK I've seen about the nuclear crisis there, the newscasters, who are most likely native speakers, pronounce it Fukushima. But only with a slight accentuation on the shi.

i already thought that it must be emphasized on shi in most cases of all words which have shi in it(but i also heard on nhk they pronounce it as fukúshima)

i also thought back then that almost all words have to be emphasized on O until i heard that they pronounce it hiroshi not hiroshi


would it be wrong to say smimasen instead of sumimasen? or kasumi instead of kasmi(<its what most people pronounce)