[Heru]

That's the same thing I said to her! I said are you sure he wasn't talking about r's because I know r's kind of are between an r sound and an l.

She said no. The example was Konnichiwa.

Now! the only thing I can think of is where the "kon" part of the sentence originates in the mouth, which is kind of in the back of throat the same where a g would if you were to say gonnichiwa.