stop learning pronunciation from textbooks lol

Published on Monday, July 20, 2026

2 comments

Literally every native speaker drops the 'u' sound entirely. If you're actually saying desu or masu with a full vowel, you sound like a robot. Textbooks love to lie to you about this. I watched a whole breakdown on pitch accent by actual Tokyo locals and they laugh at Genki users. Real talk, just whisper the ends of your sentences. It's how actual communication works over there.

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