Chouon Mondai: "oo" wo tsukawanai Riyuu

  "ô" no kawari ni "oo" wo tsukau no wa dou deshou ka? Kunrei-Teigi de wa, ooMoji ni kagiri, "OO" to tsuzuru koto wo Kyoyou shite i-masu.

  Roomaji kana-Moji
OK Toukyou [TO U KIyo U]
OK Tôkyô [TO - KIyo -]
? Tookyoo [TO O KIyo O]

  Kore ni wa, Futatsu no Mondai ga ari-masu. Hitotsume wa kana-Moji to no Kankei, Futatsume wa Eigo to no Kankei desu.
  Mazu, "Tookyoo" to tsuzuru koto wa, kana-Moji da to [TO O KIyo O] to tsuzuru koto wo honomekashi-masu. Kana-Moji de [TO - KIyo -] to tsuzuru koto wa mitomerarete mo, [TO O KIyo O] to tsuzuru koto ni Teikou ga aru deshou. You-suru ni [O -] wa mitomete mo, futatsu ni wakeru to, [O][O] ni wa narazu, [O][U] ni naru to iu kangae wo motsu hito mo ooku i-masu. "oo" ga Fukyuu shinai no wa, kono you na Shinriteki-Teikou mo Eikyou shite i-masu.
  Tsugi ni, Eigo no "oo" wa [O -] to wa yomarezu, [U -] ni natte shimau koto desu. Ippou, "ou" nara, mada [O -] to yomareru Kanousei ga ari-masu.

  • "oo" to tsuzuru baai,
    • [A] to yomu rei:
      • blood, flood
    • [O] to yomu rei:
      • door
    • [U] ka [U -] to yomu rei:
      • book, choose, cook, cool, food, fool, foot, good, hook, look, loose, moon, noon, pool, poor, proof, roof, room, root, school, shook, shoot, smoot, soon, spoon, stood, too, took, tool, tooth, wood, wool
  • "ou" to tsuzuru baai,
    • [A] to yomu rei:
      • rough, touch, tough, young
    • [A U] to yomu rei:
      • bound, cloud, flower, found, ground, hour, house, loud, mouse, mouth, noun, our, out, pound, proud, round, shout, sound, sour, south
    • [O U] ka [O -] to yomu rei:
      • bought, brought, cough, course, court, fought, four, ought, plough, pour, sought, soul, source, though, thought
    • [U] ka [U -] to yomu rei:
      • could, group, route, should, soup, through, tour, would, you, youth

  Ue no Rei wo mite mo wakaru you ni, "ou" to tsuzutte okeba, [O -] to yomareru Kanou-sei ga ari-masu. Aete, atarashiku "oo" to tsuzuru Hitsuyou-sei wo Kan-ji-masen. Shikamo "oo" no hou ga "ou" yori mo [O -] to yomareru Kanou-sei ga hikuku nari-masu. Mochiron, "Oosaka" no you ni, kana-Moji de mo [O O SA KA] to tsuzuru mono wa, "oo" no mama de kamai-masen.