Pronounciation

 PRONOUNCIATION
Japanese is not difficult to pronounce. Here's some tips to speak
Japanese fluently just like a native speaker :
a) "D" sounds like "th" in "the" ;

b) "SHI" sounds like "she";

c) E always sounds like "e" in "bet" and "met";

d) "...masu" and "desu" is often pronounced as "...mas" and "des":
ex: doko ni ikimasu ka? (where do you live?) // doko ni ikimas ka?

e) "i" in "...shita" and "…shiku" is rarely vocalized;
ex: tabemashita (I ate) // tabemashta
yasahiku (gently) // yasashku

f) "HA" as a particel is always sounds like "WA";
ex: watashi ha sensei desu (I am a teacher)// Watashi wa sensei des

g) "G" in the midle of a word is sometimes sounds like "NG";
ex: Onegaishimasu (please)// o-ne-nga-i-shi-mas

h) "N" is a syllable, it sounds like "ng" in the end of word, but it
will sound like "m" when being followed by B,M, and P;
ex: Yamada san (Mr. Yamada) // Yamada sang
Binbo (poor)//bimbo
i) No diphthong in Japanese, double vowels are pronounced as two syllables.
ex : aishiteru (I love you)//a-i-shi-te-ru

Try to spell the sentences above several times, remember the rules...
and then I hope you'll have no problem with pronounciation.