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Military Japanese
nouns. Therefore, one may sometimes be able to make himself understood if he uses English in the Japanese way. Here is a list of some examples:
| English | |
| k ending sound | ku |
| book; tank; mask | bukku; tanku; masuku |
| s ending sound | su |
| pass; gas | pasu; gasu |
| t ending sound | to |
| point; tent | pointo; tento |
| n ending sound | n |
| pen; pin | pen; pin |
| f ending sound | fu |
| knife; wife | naifu; waifu |
| m ending sound | mu |
| room; come | rūmu; kamu |
| l, r ending sound | ru |
| beer; doctor; pistol | bīru; dokutoru; pisutoru |
| d ending sound | do |
| pound; ground | pondo; guraundo |
| p ending sound | pu |
| lamp; stop | ranpu; sutoppu |
| g ending sound | gu |
| king; song | kingu; songu |
| y ending sound | e |
| party; empty | pāte; emute |
a. There are no consonants l, q, v, or x. Therefore, make the following substitutions when these consonants occur in a word: l = r; q = k; v = b; x = (x).[1]
b. One must always remember to put a vowel after each consonant or consonant sound of English:
| America | Amerika |
| Roosevelt | Rōzuberuto |
| baseball | bēsubōru |
| gas-mask | gasu masuku |
| milk | miruku |
- ↑ x= (x) Use sound that is closest to sound of x in that English word.
