FUJITSU's Guide to Japanese

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9Preliminaries　How to write kana（4）　A small '－っ' is used in front of the 'かka,' 'さsa,' 'たta' and 'はha' rows to denote a double consonant. 6）Devoicing of vowelsThe vowels 'i' and 'u' are whispered when they come between such consonants as 'k,' 's,' 't,' 'p' and 'h.'Example： すき suki　like　　くすり kusuri　medicineAlso, in a standard accent the 'u' in「です desu」 and「ます masu」at the end of a sentence is also whispered.Example： 9じです ku-ji desu It's 9 o'clock. ききます kikimasu listen3. AccentUnlike English, which has stress accent, Japanese has pitch accent （high/low）. In a standard accent, the pitch between the first and second moras must be different. Example：でんわ denwa telephoneふじつう Fujitsu Fujitsuしんぽ shinpo progress 【 ─│── 】【 ─│─│── 】【 ─│── 】Note that if the pitch is changed, the word changes meaning.Example：はし hashi bridge ：はし hashi chopsticksあめ ame candy/sweet ：あめ ame rain4. IntonationBasically, the end of a declarative sentence has a flat （）or falling （） intonation, while the end of an interrogative sentence has a rising （）intonation.Example： ライアン ： 富ふじつう士通TCSには　サーバや　ストレージが　あります。［flat］ Fujitsu TCS ni wa saaba ya sutoreeji ga arimasu. いっしょに　行いきませんか。［rising］ Issho ni ikimasen ka. キム ： ええ、ぜひ。［falling］ Ee, zehi. Mr. Ryan ： There are servers and storage systems at Fujitsu TCS. Shall we go together? Ms. Kim ： Yes, definitely.

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