Four words
Click a cell to hear ん in four contexts.
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In a sentence
How the word sounds in a sentence. Tap the line to hear it all, tap the highlighted word to hear just that part.
Four words, one assimilation each
The 'read as' column is a teaching label, not a measurement.
| Word | Romaji | ん as | Morae | Duration | Per mora |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| かんい | kan-i | [n] before a vowel | 3 | 450 ms | 150 ms |
| かんぱい | kan-pai | [m] before p | 4 | 600 ms | 150 ms |
| かんがえ | kan-gae | [ŋ] before g | 4 | 600 ms | 150 ms |
| にほん | ni-hon | [ɴ] word-final | 3 | 510 ms | 170 ms |
How to practise
- Say かん then close the lips for ぱい — ん becomes m.
- かんがえ: the tongue back meets the velum before g.
The method boundary (important)
This page gives mora evidence only: 150–170 ms per mora across four words shows ん takes a full beat. The assimilation (m/n/ŋ/ɴ) is a teaching fact, but not measured here — the nasal boundaries in synthesis are not reliable enough to report numbers.
If it cannot be measured, it is not reported.