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Originally Posted by Brownchild
Has anyone noticed that recently Ayu's been pronouncing certain Japanese phonetics really weird? Like she would sing "za" instead of "ta" and "tu" instead of "ru". I think it's very noticeable towards the end of this performance when she sings "Kee zoe lee." Isn't it supposed to be "Kee toe lee"?
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She aspirates her t's more in concert. "hitori" (the word you're thinking of) ends up sounding more like "hitsori" because of the extra air coming out over her tongue & between her teeth. Comes with projecting the voice more (i.e. yelling a bit) - pushing out all that volume means pushing out more air.
And the "r" sound in japanese is a flap of the tongue against the palette of the mouth - something like the "t" sound in "water" or "butter" in standard American English - so sometimes if she holds the tongue in that place for too long it'll sound like a "t" or a "d" instead.
It's not very weird at all actually, considering how these sounds are articulated in the mouth normally.