What is the difference between Nippon and Nihon? - Feed Post by JACKBOSMA

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  shirokitsune

  This is interesting and kind of touches on differences https://www.japantoday.com/category/arts-culture/view/nippon-or-nihon-no-consensus-on-japanese-pronunciation-of-japan

  January 26, 2017 at 8:43am
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  mog86uk

  One has the second mora of にち (日, "sun") contracted with the first mora of ほん (本, "origin") via gemination; the other pretends that the 音読み syllable of that first character has no coda by just throwing away that second mora in にち (日), allowing ほん to be plonked straight onto it nicely.

  January 26, 2017 at 8:58am
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  IJamLegend

  They're both exactly the same but Nihon is more commonly used. You'll hear NI! PPON! NI! PPON! at like, international football matches and things like that because Nippon sounds more aggressive phonetically.

  January 26, 2017 at 2:11pm
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  IJamLegend

  The article Shiro posted is pretty in-depth haha

  January 26, 2017 at 2:14pm
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  hide0311

  気にしてなかったです。日本国、日本酒,日本男子などのときですよね。よく調べてますね。
  静かなときはnihonで、格好をつけるときはnipponという気がします。ば～～んと前面に出すときはnipponで、長い文書の中で単語として出てくるときはnihonという気がします。定説ではなく、個人的な慣例です

  January 28, 2017 at 6:39am