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Am I the only one whose eyes are bleeding when they read sempai with an m ?

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In Hiragana, senpai is written as （せんぱい) so yes, not sure why people write sempai

ん is clearly a n sound not an M sound.

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I hope somebody will find my explanation useful m(_ _)m

This might be confusing for English speakers, as English spelling is pretty messed up anyway ("moon" instead of "muun", "little" instead of "littel", "mine" instead of "main", and no end in sight), but I believe spelling should follow speaking as close as possible. In Japanese せんぱい is pronounced "sempai", even though it's written with an "ん". "ん" before "p/b" is pronounced as "m". "ん" isn't equal to "n", it's equal to "n/m". The Latin alphabet is more precise than kana in this case, so why throw away that extra precision? What is the point in teaching English readers the wrong pronunciation for a word, only to follow an easier transcription? I also don't get why people write "desu" instead of "des", even though the "u" is hardly recognizable.

@lw123789
I can understand your feeling, I know that most people just write senpai, so many English readers got used to it.

@yetsun
>ん is clearly a n sound not an M sound.
I'm sorry, but this is incorrect.

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Omitting the "u" in "desu" would come back to bite you if the word is followed by a voiced sound, such as in "desu ne". The "u" is voiceless only if surrounded entirely by voiceless sounds (or no sounds).

The romanization of ん could go either way, and Shapes is correct in that the sound shifts depending on what it's followed by. It can be "m", as in "senpai", a regular English "n" as in "sentou", a velar "n" (like in the English word "bank"), as in "kenka", or a uvular "n" (no English equivalent) when followed by a vowel or nothing, as in "Shin'ichi". IMO romanizing it either way is fine, as long as one stays consistent.

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