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Dozo -> Douzo

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exDragon: New in Town; Posts: 4; Joined: June 19th, 2009 1:39 am

Dozo -> Douzo

Postby exDragon » December 17th, 2011 1:05 am

In this link, I see the Hiragana spelling of the word dozo spelt more like douzo. Why is that?

http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/12/1 ... oductions/

ericf: Expert on Something; Posts: 169; Joined: May 11th, 2008 8:01 am

Postby ericf » December 17th, 2011 11:52 am

Simply that どうぞ is the correct spelling.

It's transliterated as both douzo and dōzo. But unfortunately you'll also find the macron missing from the latter i.e. dozo.

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