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So 運 is spelled うん, but I seem to hear most of my friends pronounce it as あん.
My friends and family are 20-60 years of age and come from mostly Tokyo and
Ibaraki area. I am living in the US now and so am not speaking much Japanese,
but I remember trying to pronounce it as うん and being misunderstood till I
pronounced it as あん (or maybe more like a nasal ahn). Is this a regional
dialect? Does anyone pronounce it as うん? Which way should I pronounce it to be
understood by most Japanese?
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What is the most common way to pronounce 運?
I'm sure it is pronounced as Un~

I lived in ibaraki and they used "un" when we discussed it in benkyoukai.
Haven't heard "an" used before.
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