After reading yonasu’s post a while back about a tongue twister he cam up with I have been mildly interested in Japanese tongue twisters. So my teacher pointed me to some good tongue twisters. According to goo ranking. Here are the Top 10 Japanese tongue twisters. (I have romanized them, but not separated the words)
1) 生麦生米生卵
なまむぎなまごめなまたまご
namamuginamagomenamatamaga
2) 東京特許許可局
とうきょうとっきょきょかきょく
tookyootokkyokyokakyoku
3) 赤巻紙青巻紙黄巻紙
あかまきがみあおまきがみきまきがみ
akamakigamiaomakigamikimakigami
4) バスガス爆発
ばすがすばくはつ
basugasubakuhatsu
5) カエルぴょこぴょこ三ぴょこぴょこ合わせてぴょこぴょこ六ぴょこぴょこ
かえるぴょこぴょこみぴょこぴょこあわせてぴょこぴょこむぴょこぴょこ
kaerupyokopyokomipyokopyokoawasetepyokopyokomupyokopyoko
6) 隣の客はよく柿食う客�
となりのきゃくはよくかきくうきゃく�
tonarinokyakuhayokukakikuukyakuda
7) 赤パジャマ青パジャマ黄パジャマ茶パジャマ
あかぱじゃまあおぱじゃまきぱじゃまちゃぱじゃま
akapajamaaopajamakipajamachapajama
8 ) 坊主が屏風に上手に坊主の絵を描いた
ぼうすがびょうぶにじょうずにぼうずのえをかいた
boosugabyoubunijoozuniboozunoewokaita
9) スモモも桃も桃のうち 桃もスモモももものうち
すもももももももものうち もももすももももものうち
sumomomomomomomomonouchi momomosumomomomomonouchi
10) 隣の竹やぶに竹立てかけたの誰�
となりのたけやぶにたけたてかけたのだれ�
tonarinotakeyabunitaketatekaketanodareda
These are a lot of fun I think. What do you all think of them?
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“basugasubakuhatsu”
My favorite.
Yeah I really like that one too. Its short and funny.
I’ve been doing Japanese tongue twisters for awhile. Good round-up, though I’ve come across alternate forms of a bunch of them. Anyhoo – here are a few things I noticed that you may want to correct. Anyhoo – nicely done.
卵 is たまご (tamago). Not tamaga.
In number 6, は is wa, not ha. It’s the particle.
坊主 is ぼうず (bouzu). Not boosu.
だ isn’t displaying properly on a few, too…character encoding problem?
I really like this one two…
niwa ni wa niwa, ura niwa ni mo niwa, niwa ni mo uraniwa ni mo niwa zutsu niwatori ga iru
庭には二は、裏庭にも二は、庭にも裏庭にも庭ずつ鶏がいる
Love it. These are great fun – good job!