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Japanese · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "傘" in Japanese?
ka-sa, two short beats with two identical a's and no stress on either.
kasa
Two matched beats built on the same vowel twice, with the pitch high on the first and falling. A repeated vowel makes the word a reliable diagnostic — any difference between the two halves is English reduction rather than Japanese.
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Hear it in a sentence
傘を電車に忘れました。
Kasa o densha ni wasuremashita.
I left my umbrella on the train.
Listen: 傘を電車に忘れました。
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傘を電車に忘れました contains 電車 (de-n-sha) with its nasal beat and 忘れました with six even morae. So the sentence puts two identical vowels, a vowel-less hum and a long flat verb form together at a single tempo.
Where English speakers slip
"KAH-sah" stretches and stresses the first beat and weakens the second toward a schwa. Both a's should be short, bright and identical. Learners also aspirate the k noticeably — damp the release until no air escapes and the word immediately sounds lighter.