Pronuncionary: a blog by forvo, the pronunciation dictionary » Pronunciation http://pronuncionary.com Add, pronounce... and blog Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:12:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Top pronunciations in Japanese http://pronuncionary.com/2010/04/top-pronunciations-in-japanese/ http://pronuncionary.com/2010/04/top-pronunciations-in-japanese/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:42:46 +0000 Forvo http://pronuncionary.com/?p=268 1. Kawaii
2. arigato gozaimasu
3. hajimemashite
4. itadakimasu
5. Hiroshima
6. Subaru
7. konnichiwa
8. aishiteru
9. doraemon
10. Nigiri-zushi

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2. Paella
3. Che Guevara
4. Te quiero
5. gracias
6. Hola
7. Te amo
8. Ibiza
9. Oaxaca
10. México

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2. Lykke Li
3. Mjölner
4. ABBA
5. Sverige
6. Björn
7. Göteborg
8. Järnspikar
9. Jag älskar dig
10. Stellan Skarsgård

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2. Stolichnaya
3. Mikhail Gorbachev
4. Привет
5. Владимир Владимирович Набоков
6. эрекция
7. здравствуйте
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova
9. Medvedev
10. Dmitri Shostakovich

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2. Dijkstra
3. Godverdomme
4. Gouda
5. Scheveningen
6. Dirk Kuyt
7. Hoegaarden
8. Hieronymus Bosch
9. Utrecht
10. Piet Mondrian

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2. João
3. Paulo Coelho
4. Rio de Janeiro
5. Paulo Freire
6. Caipirinha
7. Eu te amo
8. Merda
9. Saudade
10. Ronaldo

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2. Gnocchi
3. Bvlgari
4. Lamborghini
5. Dolce & Gabbana
6. Versace
7. Moschino
8. Salvatore Ferragamo
9. Caprese
10. Bolognese

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1. Fuck
2. ดูหนังฟรี
3. Gwyneth Paltrow
4. Mierda
5. Kimi Räikkönen
6. IKEA
7. Hermès
8. Wikipedia
9. Yves Saint Laurent
10. Carrefour

Surprised? What do you think of this list?

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