JAPANESE TONGUE-TWISTERS


and their translations

NAMAMUGI, NAMAGOME, NAMATAMAGO


Uncooked wheat, uncooked rice, uncooked eggs

TONARI NO KYAKU WA YOKU KAKI KUU KYAKU DA


The neighbor's visitor ate many persimmons

AKA MAKI GAMI, AO MAKI GAMI, KI MAKI GAMI


Red rolled paper, blue rolled paper, yellow rolled paper

TONARI NO KAKINE NI TAKE TATEKAKETA


I leaned the bamboo against my neighbor's fence

BOOZU GA BYOOBU NI JYOOZUNI BOOZU NO E O KAITA


A Buddhist monk painted his picture on the screen very well

SUMOMO MO MOMO MO MOMO NO NAKAMA


Plums and peaches are in the same group

TOOKYOO, TOKKYO, KYOKA KYOKU


Tokyo, patent, licensing place

KAERU PYOKO PYOKO, MI PYOKO PYOKO, AWAS ETE PYOKO PYOKO, MU PYOKO PYOKO


The frog croaks three croaks, altogether croaks six croaks