Here's the sentence that I was listening to: Kono shorui ni Yan-san no juusho,
shimei, seinengappi nado o **kakikonde** kudasai. When I was listening to it,
it sounded like the word was being pronounced as: kakonde. Obviously, I didn't
hear the i or ki. But still is the i silent or am I not just hearing it right?

Secondary questions: 1) why shimei and not namae? 2) what is the konde in
kakikonde?

<http://youtu.be/qBh5ru-4AHw?t=10m16s>
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Is the i in kakikonde silent?
Between voiceless consonants, u and i sounds often become silent. The most
notable example is the ending ました or ます in verbs. In the case of _kakikonde_
書き込んで it would be _kak-konde_ , with very light _i_ sound, not _kakonde_ like
you said.

氏名 _shimei_ refers to 氏 and 名, which combine to mean "full name". On the other
hand 名前 is often use to indicate the "given name".

More about this on wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voicelessness>

> Sonorants are those sounds, such as vowels and nasals, which are voiced in
> most of the world's languages. However, in some languages sonorants may be
> voiceless, usually allophonically. For example, the Japanese word sukiyaki
> is pronounced [su̥kijaki]. This may sound like [skijaki] to an English
> speaker, but the lips can be seen compressing for the [u̥].
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