What is ha with Tenten?

1. Adding a “ten-ten” mark to the ha line of the syllabary makes them ba, bi ,bu ,be ,bo. 2. Adding a small degree symbol to the ha line makes each one turn into yet new syllables, they turn into pa, pi, pu, pe, po.
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What is ha with Maru?

The circle '゜' is called a 'maru' and changes the 'H' column (ha, hi, hu, he, ho) to a 'P' sound. After studying the chart and repeating (outloud) many times, it should start to seem natural to you.
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What is Japanese Tenten?

tenten (plural tentens) (colloquial) A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced.
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What is Maru hiragana?

In Japanese maru (kanji: 丸, hiragana: まる), means circle; see Japanese rebus monogram § Variations.
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What are the two dots in Japanese?

There is the Katakana character ヴ (vu), which is ウ with 2 dots on its upper right, but we have no Hiragana equivalent for that. That is because there are no words of Japanese origin that use this sound. This V sound has been written in Katakana using the letter ヴ for a long time.
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Why can't Japanese pronounce V?

tl;dr: It varies, but it is usually a weak "b". It varies from person to person, so some may pronounce it like the English "v", but others may use a strong "b" sound. Originally, Japanese had no ヴ character so they used variations of ビ (bi).
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Does Japanese have Q?

Notice that several English sounds are missing from the Japanese language entirely: "c," "f," "l," "q," "v," and "x." When Japanese want to represent these sounds, they have to use Japanese syllables that sound almost the same.
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Why do all Japanese ships end in Maru?

The most common is that ships were thought of as floating castles, and the word referred to the defensive "circles" or maru that protected the castle. The suffix -maru is often applied to words representing something beloved, and sailors applied this suffix to their ships.
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Is Maru a male or female name?

Maru - Girl's name meaning, origin, and popularity | BabyCenter.
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What is the Japanese word for zero?

For zero in Japanese, the kanji is 零 (rei). However, it is more common to use and say “zero” the same way we say it in English: ゼロ (zero). Or マル (maru) which translates to “circle” and it's used the same way we say “oh” instead of “zero” in English when reading individual digits of a number.
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What is Tenten's power in Naruto?

Tenten's main ability is the use of various ninja tools which can be used for attacking and defensive purposes. She has a vast knowledge on all types of weapons and can use any of them very effectively. She does not posses any other particular skill.
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What is tsu with a dakuten?

The dakuten forms づ, ヅ, pronounced the same as the dakuten forms of the su kana in most dialects (see yotsugana), are uncommon. They are primarily used for indicating a voiced consonant in the middle of a compound word (see rendaku), and they can never begin a word.
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How many Handakuten are there?

5 Basic Handakuten Hiragana characters.
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What is the circle dakuten called?

The handakuten (半濁点, Japanese pronunciation: [handaꜜkɯ̥teɴ], lit. "half voicing mark"), colloquially maru (丸, "circle"), is a diacritic used with the kana for syllables starting with h to indicate that they should instead be pronounced with [p].
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What is Chi in katakana?

ち, in hiragana, or チ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both are phonemically /ti/, although, for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [t͡ɕi] ( listen). chi. hiragana.
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What is the small tsu in Japanese?

The small tsu is used to represent a doubled or "geminate" consonant, known as a sokuon (促音) in Japanese. The sokuon is usually represented in romanized Japanese by a doubled consonant, such as the double t in hatto (ハット), "hat".
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What does the name akamaru mean?

The 'Aka' in Akamaru's name means the colour 'red', and 'maru' meaning 'perfection' or 'full circle' is a common suffix for Japanese male names. The reason for his name was explained by Kiba when Akamaru's fur turned red after eating a Military Rations Pill.
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What does Orochimaru mean in Japanese?

In the 20th-century, the story was adapted in several films, in video games, and in a manga." Orochi means "big snake" or "serpent". The legend of Orochimaru has modern day correlations.
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What does Maru mean in Spanish?

Maru is a given name. In Spanish it is a short form (hypocorism) of María Eugenia.
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What does SS mean before a ship name?

The prefixes can also refer to a few letters used to denote a particular fact. Ship prefixes used on merchant vessels are mainly to point out the propulsion technique employed in the ship, such as the abbreviation “SS” means “steamship”, indicating that the ship runs on steam propulsion.
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What does Kobayashi Maru mean in English?

To Kobayashi Maru means to go outside of the process/rules in an unexpected way to win a supposedly no-win situation. To deep six something mean to dispose of something irretrievably.
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What does Nisshin Maru mean in English?

The Nisshin Maru (日新丸) is the primary vessel of the Japanese whaling fleet and is the world's only whaler factory ship.
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Does Z exist in Japanese?

The Japanese alphabet consists of 99 sounds formed with 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, and u) and 14 consonants (k, s, t, h, m, y, r, w, g, z, d, b, p, and n), as is shown in the hiragana chart.
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What is n in Japanese?

ん (romaji n) The hiragana syllable ん (n). Its equivalent in katakana is ン (n). It is the forty-eighth syllable in the gojūon order.
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How do you write Z in Japanese?

ゼット is the most common pronunciation for Z. ズィー is used by younger generation or by realists, but elderly and conservative people may not understand it. ゼッド is rare.
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