I’m new to learning Japanese, and I am currently practicing on how to properly
pronounce ら り る れ ろ. I have been told that you use your tongue tip to flick
the roof of your mouth. I am able to produce the sound and people have told me
it sounds good, but I feel like I am not using the tip of my tongue as told. I
feel like I am using the blade of my tongue instead. To be really really
honest, I feel like I am using the tip AND the blade of my tongue if that
makes sense. I just want to ask if this is normal or if I should work on
fixing this and start only using the tip of my tongue and not the blade at
all. Thank you! :)
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pronunciation
For ら り る れ ろ, is the tongue blade ever in use?
One of the best ways is simply to listen to native speakers making these
sounds and then mimic them. A very helpful technique is to record yourself
making the sounds so that you can listen back and compare your attempts to the
native speakers' versions.

  * ら <https://ja.forvo.com/word/%E3%82%89/#ja>
  * り <https://ja.forvo.com/word/%E3%82%8A/#ja>
  * る <https://ja.forvo.com/word/%E3%82%8B/#ja>
  * れ <https://ja.forvo.com/word/%E3%82%8C/#ja>
  * ろ <https://ja.forvo.com/word/%E3%82%8D/#ja>
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