Post number #577274, ID: bc79a9
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There's no silent 'm' in Japanese (there's 'mma', but it is constructed like っま), but there's a silent 'n' - ん. That alone should tell you which to use.
Post number #577286, ID: 89effb
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>>577274 ん can make an m in some situations I though? Or maybe it's just ン that does that Either way Senpai is correct
Post number #577289, ID: bc79a9
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>>577286 I don't think it applies to ん? It might also be a dialect thing that I don't understand.
But yeah either way it's '先輩', which is mostly read as 'senpai' but I can see where the confusion to 'sempai' came to be.
Post number #577385, ID: ff01ec
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i think it's pronounced "sempai", but still spelled with ん and generally romaji isn't adaptive to pronunciation but most english speakers either understand both or none
Post number #577437, ID: 647a1a
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M and n for syllable ending are kiiind of interchangeable. It's senpai 99% of the time, but no one's gonna bat an eye if your tongue slipped to sempai
Post number #577440, ID: 16c65e
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The Initial D sub that i watch Always goes with the m. Triggers me everytime i See it
Post number #577455, ID: 496d75
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Notice me, shrimp pie.
Post number #577501, ID: 5d44d6
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>>577455 >pffftehhdjbksnfkfnd
Post number #577504, ID: 8f8326
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NOTICE ME SAND PIE
Post number #577507, ID: d2942c
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Would you say Hemtai instead of Hentai?
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