How do you write 縮めて in IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)?
It's pronounced [[c̟ɕiʑimete]], although in careful speech it would probably be [[c̟ɕiɟʑimete]]―there's no contrast between [[ʑi]] and [[ɟʑi]] in Modern Japanese, so the word will be understood either way.
For the pronunciation of ち and ぢ, see section 4.3 "Affricates" in Vance's The Sounds of Japanese (2008), starting on page 82. Most of this section is available online at Google Books.
answered Oct 12 '14 at 22:15
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You use [c]. Does this mean that the chart on Wikipedia is incomplete/incorrect? – Earthliŋ♦ Oct 12 '14 at 23:02
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1@Earthliŋ It's a lamino-alveopalatal stop, which doesn't have its own IPA symbol but is between [[c]] and [[t]]. To be precise, you can either write [[c̟]] indicating an advanced place of articulation, or [[t̠]] indicating a retracted place of articulation. See Vance p.82. – snailplane♦ Oct 12 '14 at 23:06
Writing IPA for Japanese is really quite simple in most cases.
Look up IPA for Japanese and use the sounds there to write your word.
縮めて
[tɕi(d)ʑimeteꜜ]
The ꜜ is a tone drop, although here on Japanese.SE we have a fantastic way of writing pitch for かな: ちぢめて【LHHH】. (Correct pitch due to @非回答者.)
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The pitch is LHHH, not LHLL. gavo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ojad/search/index/sortprefix:accent/… – l'électeur Oct 12 '14 at 22:47
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@非回答者 Oh, thank you (also for the reference!). Sometimes I confuse myself where the downstep is supposed to be. – Earthliŋ♦ Oct 12 '14 at 22:53
