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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Japanese language and Okinawan pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-ja}}, {{IPAc-ja}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Examples in the charts are Japanese words transliterated according to the Hepburn romanization system.

See Japanese phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Japanese.

Consonants
IPA Example English approximation
Kana Romanization
b ばしょ, かびん, ヴァージョン basho, kabin, vājon bug
bʲ びょうき byōki beauty
ç ひと, ひょう hito, hyō hue
ɕ した, いっしょう shita, isshō sheep
d どうも, どうどう dōmo, dōdō doctor
dz[1] ずっと, ぜんぜん, キッズ zutto, zenzen, kizzu[2] cards
dʑ[1] じぶん, じょじょ, エッジ jibun, jojo, ejji[2] jeep
ɸ ふじ fuji roughly like phew!
ɡ[3] がっこう, りんご, ぎんこう gakkō, ringo, ginkō goat
ɡʲ きぎょう kigyō argue
h ほん, はは hon, haha hat
j やくしゃ, ゆず yakusha, yuzu yacht
k くる, はっき kuru, hakki skate
kʲ きょうかい, けっきょく kyōkai, kekkyoku skew
m みかん, せんぱい, もんもん mikan, senpai, monmon much
mʲ みゃく myaku mute
n なっとう, かんたん nattō, kantan not
ɲ にわ, こんにゃく, きんちょう niwa, konnyaku, kinchō canyon
Hepburn romanization system.

See Japanese phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Japanese.