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>>157318059
Senpai or sempai?

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ahhh, itedakimasu kouhai? ohayou
*tl note this is an illegal move in chess

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>>157318059

>>157318100
It's pronounced sempai

>>157318348
No, it's not.

>>157318318
i didnt know romaji was a option for translations

>>157318318
I don't mind an ara or two.

>>157318348
It's senpai.

>>157321285
>>157322477
It's spelled senpai
But it's pronounce sempai


Google it, nerds

>>157318318
Makes me wonder why they only chose those words. Why not put in "sugoi", "hai", "ie" etc?

>>157323223
It's spelled 先輩 and pronounced せんぱい.

>>157323223
Americans see the word 'senpai' and instinctively read it as 'send pie'. It makes them feel too anxious and can disrupt the intent of the whatever the original text is trying to say. So translators make it 'sempai', to sidestep that. Translation is often like that, where you have to be a little bit inaccurate to convey the full meaning to your intended audience.

>>157324120
>thinking ん only represents an "n" sound

ARRRRRIIIII GAAATOOO UUUUUUU Watasssshhiii wa Ga-ee djin- sahn

>>157324120
>先輩
>Pronunciation
>On'yomi (Tokyo) せんぱい
>IPA(key): [sẽ̞mpa̠i]

>>IPA(key): [sẽ̞mpa̠i]

It doesn't matter whether you try to make an n sound or an m sound, if you're doing it before a p it'll sound the same.

>>157324297
>>157324455

N before p makes an m sound.

Can you stop being autistic for a second?

>>157324893
So we're agreed it's pronounced sempai, then. Weren't you the one being autistic?

>>157324943
No, I never said it didn't sound like that. I do think using IPA to talk about pronunciation is stupid but it's what you got so whatever.

Spelling it like sempai is fucking retarded though.

>>157325058
I said it was spelled senpai, originally though. I only said the pronunciation is sempai

>>157325119
Well I was replying to the mouth breathing retard and the guy who literally just reposted what I posted with IPA so forgive me for calling you an autist.

>>157318318
>TL note: ojamashimasu means excuse me for intrusion
>TL note: tadaima means I'm home
>TL note: irashai means welcome
>TL note: konnichiwa means hello
>TL note: hajimemashite means nice to meet you
>TL note: okaa-san means mother
>TL note: okay means hai
>yfw whole manga translation looks like this