Gen's Full Name?

chickrockguitar · Post by **chickrockguitar** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 16:48 -0700

Hey everyone!

Can anyone tell me the real pronunciation of "Murakami Gennosuke"?
Thanks for your time :0)

-ChickRockGuitar

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 20:46 -0700

moo-rah-KAH-mee geh-NOS-keh (you kinda have to roll the "r" in Murakami to get it to sound authentic. If you can't, you can replace the "r" with a soft "d" sound, like "Moo-duh KAH mee" but the "duh" is very subtle......hope that makes sense.

chickrockguitar · Post by **chickrockguitar** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:24 -0700

Yeah, it does. Thanks for your time and help :0)

cynlee · Post by **cynlee** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 19:37 -0700

Actually-- I'm sure this has NOTHING to do with the question-- but what was up with Gen's name in the cartoon? Which pronounciation is correct? I mean, I could overlook the Tomoe Ame mispronounces, as they were rare-- but compared with "The Battle Nexus" and these two eps, what is the REAL pronounciation of Gen's name?

Not that I am so A-R as to insist on minute accuracy, but I am curious...

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 19:54 -0700

cynlee wrote:Actually-- I'm sure this has NOTHING to do with the question-- but what was up with Gen's name in the cartoon? Which pronounciation is correct?

It's Gen, with a hard "G" as in "gosh".

It's not pronounced "Jen".

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 22:27 -0700

I haven't seen the new TMNT appearances yet, but did they mispronounce Tomoe and Gen's names?????? Yow!

To add on to Stan's comments, everything in Japanese which has a "g" in it is pronounced as a hard "g" (like in "Geese" or "Ghost").... Usagi....Gorogoro....Gozen....Shingen... All "soft g" (as in George or Geology) sounding words have the letter "j" in them.... Jotaro.... Jei.....Fujii....Hikiji.....makes it a lot easier to remember that way.

Gaffey · Post by **Gaffey** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:06 -0700

Todd Shogun wrote:I haven't seen the new TMNT appearances yet, but did they mispronounce Tomoe and Gen's names??????

Lord Noriyuki called Tomoe ‘Toe-moe’ once or twice.

I’ve never really understood how to pronounce some of the names so I didn’t catch the Gen mistakes.

I’d swear Lord Hebi rattled as if he were a rattlesnake. I’d have to see the episode again to be sure.