A final vowel u comes closest to no vowel. (Thus, ball was borrowed as boru.) Hence, eizu is about as close as Japanese can come to the sound of the original, except perhaps for the missing consonant d. Whether and how reliably that missing consonant might have been inserted is a ...
The "1" position is primarily used in countries like Japan, where vowel sounds are of critical importance in conveying informa- tion; in Western languages, consonant sounds (which are rich in high-frequency components) are frequently more important. VOX Operation The VOX system provides automatic ...