Hi! I make videos for fun on YouTube dedicated to menswear and costume design and I’m getting ready to make a video on the Kimono. I’ll be going into a little bit of the history and then showing off my collection. I was hoping someone would be able to help me with the pronunciation of some of the types of kimonos so I don’t sound like a fool! Thank you so much in advance! Here’s the list (sorry it’s a lot!)
Tsukesage
Homongi
Irotomesode
Iro-montsuki
Kurotomesode
Kuro-montsuki
Susohiki
Hikizuri
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Anyone please correct me if i got anything wrong, i am not a native.
pronunciation for the R sound is complicated if you have never spoken japanese. Its somewhere between an R and L. You can find videos on youtube. Also the letter i in Japanese sounds E in english (the name of the letter,not the sound it makes)
Tsu-keh-sah-geh. You pronounce tsu like the end of “hats” with a small u.
Hoh-mon-gee
i-ro-toh-meh-soh-deh (like soda but sode)
iro-mon-tsuki (just suki with a ts sound)
Koo-row-toh-meh-sode
Koo-row-mon-tsuki
Sue-soh-he-key (he like the pronoun)
He-key-zoo-ri
You of course would say any of this with pauses. This is just got it sounds slowly.
So the first one would be tsukehsahgeh. I do recommend looking up Japanese Hiragana and trying to spell them out. I think it would help your pronunciation. Assuming you have never learned anything about Japanese language before.
I hope this helps :))