I'm a beginner. I was watching news about JAXA's はやぶさ2 mission and I think it is pronounced はやぶさ つ. Can someone please confirm that "2" is pronounced "つ" and explain why.
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2Related/duplicate: japanese.stackexchange.com/q/61676/9831 / japanese.stackexchange.com/q/69165/9831 – Chocolate♦ Dec 29 '20 at 3:00
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What you're hearing is likely just the Japanese way of saying the English "two"—which sounds like the つ sound because that "t" sound in words like "two" and "two" doesn't exist in Japanese.
Some people may also call the spacecraft the はやぶさ2号, or "Hayabusa 2-go," which I believe is the official name.
