I little off topic and my apologies to the OP as I can't read Japanese.

My 2.2 yearl old son is going through a current learning to talk, repeat-repeat-repeat phase.

One word that has him stumped is 'Moth'. He just cannot get the 'th' tongue between teeth connection and pronounce 'Moff':mtongue:

Super cute but it's driving me nuts!

Just keep correcting him every time he does it. He'll learn by watching you.

Hahaha... Thanks Troo.. I do it often.hehehe:) :)

he's at the talk after EVERY single word Daddys says stage..SUPER cute:)

*Laughs* Awesome.

Just remember, kids need consistency if they're to learn. If you only correct him 50% of the time he'll try to see why he's only wrong 50% of the time, and if he fails to determine a pattern (which he will, because I doubt you manage to correct the same words every time) he'll decide you are being unfair and start ignoring that correction ;)

I say it dra dri dru dre dro.

Don't emphasise the r too much though. Just slightly....

But there's no d in them...

Maybe it is just me, but it seem like pronouncing certain words (like 料理) would sound really strange. Lyoli? Dyodi also sounds weird, but not as strange as lyoli.

It's just how native people say it. (It's a soft d sound)

Depending on a vowel and semivowel, the Japanese "r" can prounce like:

1. alveolar flap-like
2. alveolar approximate (more fronted initial "r" prounciation in North American English)

If you insist. I, however, shall continue to pronounce them ら, り, る, れ, and ろ.