don’t pronounce it with the nasal sound. it’s a specific accent that’s slowly going away and not considered standard. it does exist so you need to understand it, tho.
In some words it does appear and it seems standard.
Prescriptively, [ŋ] _is_ standard and taught by the NHK. Monolingual pronunciation dictionaries will indicate this with a handakuten — e.g., カ゚. However, since using [g] 100% of a time _is_ a valid pronunciation choice employed by some native speakers, it’s perfectly fine to use that strategy yourself. But yes, you do have to know that [ŋ] exists.
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don’t pronounce it with the nasal sound. it’s a specific accent that’s slowly going away and not considered standard. it does exist so you need to understand it, tho.
In some words it does appear and it seems standard.
You can find a good overview of Japanese /g/ [on the Wikipedia page for Japanese phonology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_phonology#Weakening).
Prescriptively, [ŋ] _is_ standard and taught by the NHK. Monolingual pronunciation dictionaries will indicate this with a handakuten — e.g., カ゚. However, since using [g] 100% of a time _is_ a valid pronunciation choice employed by some native speakers, it’s perfectly fine to use that strategy yourself. But yes, you do have to know that [ŋ] exists.
I only know it as ga