How do you write 縮めて in IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)?
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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.
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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. – snailcar♦ Oct 12 '14 at 23:06
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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
