Double Consonant Practice
Your Tasks
A. Click on the audio icons below and compare the pronunciation.

きた /kita/
 "came"
きった /kitta/ "cut"
きいた /kiita/ "asked, heard"
かこ /kako/ "past"
かっこ /kakko/
"parenthesis"
いしょ /isho/ "will"
いっしょ /issho/ *
 "together"
いち /iti/ or /ichi/ "one"
いっち /itti/ or /icchi/ or /itchi/ "agreement"
* Double consonants /ss/ (as in /issho/) may be experienced as a prolonged /s/ sound (/i-sss-sho/) rather than as a pause (/i [pause] sho/).

Your Tasks
B. Listen to the word, and match it with the correct roomaji. To see the answers, touch the blank areas.

　     Answer
a. きて (Come!) b. きって (stamp) a. きて
a. いしゃ (physician) b. いっしゃ (one company) b. いっしゃ
a. みつ (honey) b. みっつ (three things) b. みっつ
a. はか (grave) b. はっか (mint) a. はか

Your Tasks
 C. Choose the correct pronunciation of given words below. To see the answers, touch the blank areas.

      Answer
1. きって a. (stamp) b. (Come!) a.
2. ぶっか a. (subordinate) b. (prices) b.
3. いっしょ a. (will) b. (together) b.