note
1: the character 'chi' is an exception to the t characters in that it starts with 'ch'. as shown in the pronunciation brackets it is pronounced differently too. note
2: the character 'tsu' is an exception to the t characters in that it contains an s. as shown in the pronunciation brackets it is pronounced differently too. note
3: the character 'ji' is an exception to the d characters in that it starts with a j. this character is old fashioned and very rarely used. note
4: the character 'zu' is an exception to the d characters in that it starts with a z. this character is old fashioned and very rarley used. kc says: when combined with a little (lower-case) character you compress the sounds of the two characters, making new (more rarely used) characters; pronounced as shown. only the characters shown here can be compressed in this way.
examples - takushii (means 'taxi')
- tenisu (means 'tennis')