how do you pronounce pokemon in japanese?

clonesld

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    does anybody know how you pronounce "pokemon" in japanese?

    i always thought pokemon sounded cooler then pocket monsters
     
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    Po'kay-moan, as far as I remember from watchin the JP OPs.
     
    Po-ke-mon. The e sounds like eh, only shorter and the h is not pronounced. And the n is stretched.
     
    Ichida said:
    Po'kay-moan, as far as I remember from watchin the JP OPs.
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    LOL... I don't know why, but that just makes it sound like Pokay moansss...

    Umm.. from what I could interpret: Po/kay/mon
    Wait.. I have one of those old Pokemon pronounciation guide things *goes to check* My book thing says "Poe-kay-mon". O_o

    Sidenote: In Japanese, it isn't always called Pokemon. Pocket Monsters is still used too.... "Poketto Monsutaa"
     
    pocket monsters sounds lame, so im gettin a lot of differen input, but im thinking it is pO-kAy-mO-an? or is it like pO-kAy-mOne
     
    clonesld said:
    pocket monsters sounds lame, so im gettin a lot of differen input, but im thinking it is pO-kAy-mO-an? or is it like pO-kAy-mOne
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    More like the latter one IMO...

    But umm, try watching some Japanese episodes on Youtube and see if you can decided on that.
     
    Alakazam17 said:
    Pokemon episodes, Japanese or not, are as likely to find on YouTube as snow is in the Sahara. XD
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    Not really, XD There are some that haven't been taken down, yet.
     
    I've just watched an episode in Japanese and it sounds like Po-kay-mawn
     
    I watched a D/P ep in Japanese and it kinda sounds like this:

    Poh-keh-mon with the "mon" getting stretched a bit.
     
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