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Quick daily routine using hayakuchi kotoba for 10 minutes

Speak Japanese Confidently: Fun Tongue Twisters for Pronunciation: Quick daily routine using hayakuchi kotoba for 10 minutes
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A quick 10-minute daily routine using hayakuchi kotoba (Japanese tongue twisters) can include practicing a few selected tongue twisters repeatedly with a focus on clear pronunciation, rhythm, and gradually increasing speed.

Here is a suggested simple daily routine:

  1. Warm up by slowly reciting one or two easier hayakuchi kotoba to get your mouth moving.
  2. Choose 3-4 tongue twisters of varying difficulty. For example:
    • 赤パジャマ黄パジャマ茶パジャマ (Aka pajama ki pajama cha pajama) - Red, yellow, brown pajamas
    • 生麦生米生卵 (Nama mugi nama gome nama tamago) - Raw wheat, raw rice, raw egg
    • 隣の客はよく柿食う客だ (Tonari no kyaku wa yoku kaki kuu kyaku da) - The customer next to me often eats persimmon
    • 砂漠に咲く花 嵐に散る花 南無阿弥陀仏 (Sabaku ni saku hana, arashi ni chiru hana, Namu Amida Butsu) - Flowers blooming in the desert, flowers scattering in the storm, Buddhist mantra
  3. Start by slowly and clearly pronouncing each tongue twister, breaking down difficult sounds.
  4. Repeat each one 3 times slowly.
  5. Gradually increase your speed while maintaining clarity, repeating each throat twister 3-5 times.
  6. End with a slow cool-down by reciting an easier tongue twister again.

Doing this for about 10 minutes will improve pronunciation, fluency, and confidence in speaking Japanese. Incorporate this as a warm-up or cooldown in your language practice or daily routine activities like brushing teeth or commuting. 1, 2, 5, 7

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