Japanese Tongue Twisters
 

Hey everyone!

I thought it would be a fun and useful idea to post Japanese tongue twisters in Japanese. I found that reading these has helped me to recognize characters faster. It's fun, challenging, and it was one of the best things I could do while studying hiragana and katakana.

So I'll post a few to start off. Mine are all going to be in kana, I'm still studying kanji.

このたけがきにだれたけたてかけた.

and of course:

バスガスばくはつ

to be perfectly honest, I don't know what the first one means, or if it's even correct... sorry! ...But it's still a fun little exercise to improve character recognition.

-Please post any tongue twisters you know. And please, no romaji, it would completely defeat the purpose. Kanji is good though.
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It's correct and it means "Who stood the bamboo against the bamboo wall?"
It's no loger a tongue twister when translated. lol

ah, cool. Thanks for the translation.

Found two more, I can't say these ones at all lol. Japanese tongue twisters are tough. Added kanji this time, hope I got it right :P

なまむぎなまごめなまたまご
生麦　生米　生卵

とうきょうとっきょきょかきょく
東京特許許可局

すもももももももものうち
a plum and a peach are types of peaches

かえるピョコピョコみピョコピョコ合わせてピョコピョ コむピョコピョコ
the frog goes hippity hop three times hippity hop all together hippity hop six times hippity hop

TO continue it:
バスガス爆発
ブスバスガイド

"bus gas explosion, an ugly bus guide"

http://ranking.goo.ne.jp/ranking/999/tonguetwister/

赤巻紙青巻紙黄巻紙
あかまきがみあおまきがみきまきがみ

隣の客はよく柿食う客だ
となりのきゃくはよくかきくうきゃくだ

I really like うらにわにはにわにわにはにわにわとりがいる

ぼうずがびょうぶにじょうずにぼうずのえをかいた
坊主が屏風に上手に坊主の絵を書いた

edit: forgot the translation:
the monk draw a good picture of a monk on a folding screen

lol every time I try this one I end up saying すもももももももももももももももももももも。。。

Oh, and great site, KyleGoetz.

found this youtube video of a Japanese tongue twister about pigeons:

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