On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about the Japanese word funiki (雰囲気) and other words that aren't read the way they are written.

👉Topics Discussed

• About the Japanese word funiki (雰囲気)
• What the correct way to read/pronounce funiki is
• Whether you should read funiki as fun'iki （ふんいき) or fuinki (ふいんき)
• Why so many people pronounce funiki incorrectly
• About words like manin (満員) and zenin (全員) and why people often pronounce them incorrectly/differently from how they are written in kana
• About 音位転換 (onitenkan)/metathesis in Japanese words
• About Akihabara vs Akibahara
• What a funiki ikemen (雰囲気イケメン) is
• And much more!

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This is the 2021 article I mention in the update portion of this episode.

• 「雰囲気」←“ふいんき”と読む時代が来る？　大学教授が指摘　「秋葉原」や「山茶花」など前例に

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