How to pronounce Hachimura?

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Pronunciation of Hachimura in Seattle, Washington, USA

Hachimura is pronounced as

H AW - ch ee - m oo - r aw

h sounds like the 'h' in 'hat'
aw sounds like the 'aw' in 'law'
ch sounds like the 'ch' in 'chin'
ee sounds like the 'ee' in 'see'
m sounds like the 'm' in 'me'
oo sounds like the 'oo' in 'food'
r sounds like the 'r' in 'rat'


Hachimura is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ H AW - ch ee - m oo - r aw ]

H AW - ch ee - m oo - r aw
hat law   chin see   me food   rat law

Type of Name:

Last Name (Family Name)

Language:

Japanese

Alternate Spelling(s):

none

Meaning:

Many meanins

Additional Information:

I am an English speaking American. My wife is native Japanese who lived in Japan for 40 years and now for 21 years has lived in the USA and japan about 50/50. She is university educated and speaks national Tokyo/NHK TV/no accent/Japanese. Her home town, Sendai, Japan now has a star basketball player living in Spokane, USA and playing college basketball at Gonzaga University. His family name Hachimura is frequently mispronounced. This is the only correct way to pronounce the name. In Japanese the A vowel is always pronounced with the "ah" sound like in the words saw, paw or raw.


Comments:

Pronunciation of Hachimura in Seattle, Washington, USA

'HAH'-chee-'moo'-'raw'
chee rhymes 'see'


Type of Name:

Last Name (Family Name)

Language:

Japanese

Alternate Spelling(s):

none

Meaning:

Many meanins

Additional Information:

I am an English speaking American. My wife is native Japanese who lived in Japan for 40 years and now for 21 years has lived in the USA and japan about 50/50. She is university educated and speaks national Tokyo/NHK TV/no accent/Japanese. Her home town, Sendai, Japan now has a star basketball player living in Spokane, USA and playing college basketball at Gonzaga University. His family name Hachimura is frequently mispronounced. This is the only correct way to pronounce the name. In Japanese the A vowel is always pronounced with the "ah" sound like in the words saw, paw or raw.


Comments: