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I first noticed this odd pronunciation in [the second opening of code
geass](https://youtu.be/YBhsDtFUgdM?t=23s). The singer repeatedly pronounces
the word かんかく as something that sounds more like かんかう, missing the 'k' sound.

I noticed it again more recently, in the [opening of
mondaiji](https://youtu.be/Ie2JS4K69xQ?t=35s), in which かすか is pronounced as
かすあ.

I was aware that vowels could be skipped in pronunciation, but these are the
only instances I've seen this happen with consonants. While there don't appear
to be any other words you could easily mistake these two for when pronounced
this way, I'd have thought it'd still cause at least some confusion to
pronounce them like this, even if it may better fit the music.

How common is it to remove consonants like this? Does it happen with
consonants other than 'k', and are there any words in which it's common to
leave a consonant out (like how it's common to leave out the 'u' in 好き)?
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Silent consonants when singing
Well, as it's been a few days and nobody else has added anything, I guess the
answer is simply that I can't hear it. Perhaps that's because of me being used
to English pronunciation, or perhaps it's just me that can't hear it.
Whichever it is, it seems that the consonants are indeed there.

So, short answer is; no, consonants cannot be left out of words.
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