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Water-stealing horned owl

Tongue Twister (1) with Subtitles

This is a tongue twister depicting an unexpected situation where an owl steals your drinking water.

Not only is it funny that a bird steals your belongings, but the fact that what’s stolen is drinking water adds to the humor and makes it even harder to say.

The key to the verbal difficulty is the placement of the “mi” sound; as the number of characters between the “mi” shifts, the rhythm becomes harder to grasp.

To pronounce it smoothly, it’s important not to laugh at the scenario and to emphasize the “mi” sound when you speak.

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If a pig hits a pig

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Can you say the last part? lol#Vivitabby#bibitabiIdolTongue twister

Original song – Vivitabby – Vivitabby

As expected, the longer they are, the harder tongue twisters get.

“When a pig hit a pig, the pig that got hit hit the pig that hit it, so the pig that did the hitting and the pig that got hit both toppled over.” I think each sentence on its own is easy enough to say, but with “buta” (pig) and “butta” (hit) continuing in such rapid succession, a first-timer is bound to stumble somewhere.

Start by memorizing the passage itself.

If you imagine a bit of a story so you’re not thrown off by the mouthfeel, it might become just a little easier to say.

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One day at noon, I flinched at a nihilistic duck’s leech.

[Tongue Twister] #23 'One day at noon, a cynical duck flinched at a leech' #Shorts

This is a tongue twister that depicts an animal encounter and reaction: a nihilistic-acting duck recoils when it sees a leech.

You picture a cool, unflappable demeanor based on the word “nihilistic,” but the later reaction of “recoiled” creates a sense of contrast.

It makes you imagine what kind of duck it is—maybe it really can’t stand leeches.

The difficulty lies in the cluster of similar-sounding words like “hiru” (day), “nihiru” (nihilistic), “ahiru” (duck), “hiru” (leech), and “hirunda” (recoiled).

Focusing on how you pronounce that section is key.

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Farewell, Taraba.

[Amane Sora] January 20 [Tongue Twister: Farewell, Taraba]

It’s a tongue twister that sounds like a simple greeting, tossing out cool words while reluctantly parting with a king crab.

The puzzling point is why we’re communicating with a crab in the first place, and precisely because it uses so few words, it invites all kinds of scenarios.

Are we calling out to a crab returning to the sea, or expressing gratitude to a crab we’re about to eat? It even raises the question of whether a greeting is necessary in any situation.

In addition to the similarity between “saraba” (farewell) and “taraba” (king crab), the “da” that connects them seems to make it even harder to say.

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Kitty, kitty, grand-kitty

[Tongue Twister Navi] Kitty, Kitten, Grandkitten | Japanese Tongue Twisters | Hayakuchi Kotoba |

It has the classic structure of a tongue twister where you add “child” and “grandchild” in order to a specific word.

As the one character for “ko” (child) and the two characters for “mago” (grandchild) are added, the rhythm changes subtly, which makes it tricky.

Since the elongated word “nyanko” is central, creating the sound in the back of the mouth and controlling your breath are important for clear pronunciation.

Precisely because the words are simple, repeating them to make it hard to tell which part you’re saying is what makes it an effective tongue twister.

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