How is "Isekai" pronounced

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Apr 21, 2022 4:26 PM

Mikegamin777

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I have heard this isekai word pronounced differently in many places so,I'm just confused.

Apr 21, 2022 4:34 PM

speters13

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I say “ee-sic-kye” but one of my friends says Ee-shi-kai and I’m too scared of being wrong to tell him to his face he dumb for that haha

Apr 21, 2022 4:36 PM

Render_1

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i is the equivalent of e as in the ee in flee (now would be a good time for me to learn ipa), so it's ee seh kai, as far as I'm aware. put it on Google translate and press to hear it - like that.

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Apr 21, 2022 4:37 PM

deelmao

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Jan 2021

EE seck eye, i (e) sek (sex but sek) ai (eye

Apr 21, 2022 4:37 PM

DontKick

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is - e - kai is how I pronounce it

Apr 21, 2022 4:37 PM

HonorPrompt

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E sa kai (15 character limit)

Apr 21, 2022 4:38 PM

opDYNO

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wait, it isn't anything complex, it is pronounced like way it is ee-se-kai

Apr 21, 2022 4:39 PM

Mq84jdk

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Pretty sure it’s neither of those. It’s more like a Double e sound: EE - Suh- Kye.

Apr 21, 2022 4:40 PM

SuchTechnology

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i is pronounced like the "ee" in "keep" in japanese

Apr 21, 2022 4:40 PM

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stxynite

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it should be pronounced with the Japanese pronounciation (something like "ee sic kye" in English?). the middle syllable is pronounced /se/ as in "sensation", not /she/.

stxyniteApr 21, 2022 4:44 PM

Apr 21, 2022 4:42 PM

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Xylathoth

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I'm not good at phonetic spelling but I think it's "ee-si-kye". Listen to how it's said in Japanese and pronounce it like that.

Apr 21, 2022 4:45 PM

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erechi

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異世界(いせかい) isekai
i se ka i
letter e, seh, kite w/o the te

any other way is wrong

Apr 21, 2022 4:45 PM

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Shirogaml

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Since it’s actually a Japanese word meaning “other world” it’s best to pronounce it as “Esekai” so basically the second option on the poll

Apr 21, 2022 4:51 PM

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FreshSalmon827

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It’s none of those. Japanese has quite simple phonetic spelling. For those who know hiragana it’s いせかい.
The ‘i’ is ‘ee’.
The ‘se’ is just ‘seh’ as in ‘sentence’.
The ‘ka’ and ‘i’ combined for ‘kai’ is like ‘Kayak’ or ‘Kyle’.

So we get ‘ee-seh-kai’.

People seem to be getting the ‘se’ wrong and saying ‘sic’ or ‘suh’. I can categorically say as someone who speaks Japanese with a Tokyo accent. It’s ‘seh’.

FreshSalmon827Apr 21, 2022 4:56 PM

Apr 21, 2022 4:52 PM

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Mando727

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Everyone here is so wrong that it’s almost comical.

It’s clearly pronounced isekai.

Apr 21, 2022 5:11 PM

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KasutoroSama

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E Sah Kai

Kai as in King Kai

Apr 21, 2022 5:12 PM

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Disapeared_Ghost

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is see kai

thats hows i i would pronounce it.

Apr 21, 2022 5:16 PM

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Kelly32723

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deelmao said:
EE seck eye, i (e) sek (sex but sek) ai (eye

yuh that’s how it’s pronounced

Apr 21, 2022 5:48 PM

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aniart_nation

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wow. anyone who doesn't know what the topic is would think that this is a formula for sth

Apr 21, 2022 6:18 PM

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official_brown

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“E”-“sea”-“ky” as in Kite.

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Apr 21, 2022 6:44 PM

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RioFS

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ee - say - kai : is how it goes. So basically, the 'i' in intelligent.

Apr 21, 2022 7:06 PM

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V1P3R0P

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E-say-ka-e(Stretch the First E but dont stretch the last e.)

Apr 21, 2022 7:15 PM

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Rand_al-Thorfinn

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I mean Japanese pronunciation is usually much simpler than English because of the rigid structure of Hiragana. Most words are made up of multiple hiragana, which have their own set pronunciation.

so Isekai is

i
se
ka
i

pronouncing it like (Eee Seh Kye)

Apr 21, 2022 7:28 PM

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Caleb_Zero2

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it's pronounced E-Say-Kai

Apr 21, 2022 7:36 PM

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AustinJamB

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It’s neither. The letter I is always pronounced “ee” in Japanese.

Apr 21, 2022 7:37 PM

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momentie

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Render_1 said:
i is the equivalent of e as in the ee in flee (now would be a good time for me to learn ipa), so it's ee seh kai, as far as I'm aware. put it on Google translate and press to hear it - like that.

Yea I'd agree with this.
It's neither the 'i' of ice-cream or intelligent and tbh I've never heard it said any other way then the 'flee' mentioned in this comment.

I suppose it probably sounds different depending on accents and things - Just go with whatever suits you, it's pretty anime word to begin with after all😅.

Apr 21, 2022 10:07 PM

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Shamsy

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ee-seh-kai (characters)

Apr 22, 2022 2:12 AM

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lvlarcel

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Both options are wrong. The right pronounciation is ee-seh-kai.

Apr 22, 2022 3:35 AM

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reredundant

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Anime say isekai all the time its not hard to understand for to pronounce it lol

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Apr 22, 2022 3:37 AM

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reredundant

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The9thManiac said:

Mikegamin777 said:
I have heard this isekai word pronounced differently in many places so,I'm just confused.

Lmao all your options are wrong, now that’s fucking awkward. It’s ee-seh-kai

^this is the actual pronunciation

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Apr 22, 2022 3:38 AM

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momfriend

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is it an english word? no? than it's never an "ayy"

Apr 22, 2022 3:53 AM

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Nishiki018

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If you want some audio aid then watch Isekai Quartet Op 1

Apr 22, 2022 4:20 AM

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domata

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HonorPrompt said:
E sa kai (15 character limit)

wtf are you on lmao

Apr 22, 2022 5:59 AM

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Charzeon

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Just listen to this.

https://youtu.be/Yg59t4x4igw

Apr 22, 2022 6:01 AM

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os172

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ee-se-kai character limit character limit.

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Apr 22, 2022 10:10 AM

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Remocracy

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How is this even relevant to Shield Hero (other than it being an isekai)?

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Apr 22, 2022 10:11 AM

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Remocracy

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Also I pronounce it like ee-say-kai so idk about you

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Apr 22, 2022 10:16 AM

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Greenphoenix94

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it's worth nothing that the Hiragana is いさかい In the Japanese phonetic system each character has to be pronounced for the same amount of time so it's (ee-sa-ka-ee)

Apr 22, 2022 10:22 AM

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Olivi125

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not sure how to correctly explain this to americans, but at least for the germans- it's pronounced exactly as it is written.

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Apr 22, 2022 3:33 PM

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JoZaJaB

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Apr 2022

I say it like Ee-sa-kai

Apr 23, 2022 12:19 AM

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KayShawn258

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the best one so far lol

Apr 23, 2022 1:13 AM

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Yukikaze_01

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Feb 2022

The "ice" option is what most westerners especially americans call it, for me it's ee-seh-kai

Apr 23, 2022 10:36 AM

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SchmuckMaBoi

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Neither, lol. “Ee” like in “eat”

Apr 23, 2022 9:41 PM

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AtomicDraco07

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E seck kai (words bc there’s a limit for some reason)

Apr 23, 2022 9:45 PM

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Dachi

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I pronouce it Ee-se-kai. I don't think it should be pronounced Ai-se-kai.

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Apr 24, 2022 12:33 PM

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ShadowUnown

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I pronounce isekai.

Apr 24, 2022 12:37 PM

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TheMechaManiac

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EE-seh-kiee. Europoor here who's also an ESL. Very easy to switch to different pronounciations.

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Apr 25, 2022 3:59 AM

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Ayuima

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this is a question better left for Google, this is a troll question here.

Apr 25, 2022 9:16 AM

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ee seh kai (i think idk)

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