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トピック名: 日本
投稿者: FRIEND より 2018-06-28 01:01 (2473日前)

Is the kanji pronounced Nihon or Nippon? What is the difference between the two pronunciations? Thank you.

トピック名: Re: 日本
投稿者: nola より 2018-08-09 05:39 (2431日前)

Both. Wikipedia and Japan Today have some interesting information on the history of the two pronunciations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Japan and https://japantoday.com/category/features/nippon-or-nihon-no-consensus-on-japanese-pronunciation-of-japan

トピック名: Re: 日本
投稿者: shinnosuke より 2018-08-09 05:52 (2431日前)

引用元：: nola より 2018-08-09 05:39 (2431日前)

Both. Wikipedia and Japan Today have some interesting information on the history of the two pronunciations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Japan and https://japantoday.com/category/features/nippon-or-nihon-no-consensus-on-japanese-pronunciation-of-japan

Thanks for the link to the article on the Japan Today site. The comments are very enlightening.