Translation examples
Albumin nimi on sanaleikki, englanniksi lausuttuna; We haven't got a chance.
The apparently nonsensical French album title is a pun – when pronounced in English it's, 'We haven't got a chance'.
神主, ”kami-mestari”, alun perin lausuttu kamunushi), toinen nimitys shinshoku (jap.
"Master of the kami"), originally pronounced kamunushi, sometimes referred to as a shinshoku (神職).
Ensimmäinen mainoslause leikkii Wiin nimellä, joka lausuttuna kuulostaa aivan englanninkielen sanalta ”we”.
The title of the album is a pun on her first name, Ai, which is pronounced like the English word "I".
Ranskassa autoa myydään nimellä Toyota MR koska MR2 lausuttuna ranskaksi kuulostaa sanalta merde, joka tarkoittaa ulostetta.
The Toyota MR2 sportscar is named MR in France, because a way of pronouncing it, "merdeux", sounds like the word for "shitty" in French.
Kiinassa 4 on epäonnen numero, koska se kuulostaa lausuttuna (foneettisilla aakkosilla Sì) samalta kuin Sǐ eli 死, joka tarkoittaa ”kuolla”.
In Japanese culture, the number 42 is associated with death (the numbers, pronounced separately as "four two," sound like the word "shini"—meaning "dying/death").
On oletettu, että ne olisi lausuttu /ɰi/ Kamakura-kauden ja Taishō-kauden välillä, kunnes niiden lausuminen muuttui muotoon /i/.lähde?
It is presumed that ゑ represented (listen) and that ゑ and え indicated different pronunciations until somewhere between the Kamakura period and the Taishō period when they both came to be pronounced as イェ (listen), later shifting to the modern エ .
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