How To Pronounce Kawasaki

In British English, Kawasaki is pronounced /ˌkɑː.wəˈsɑː.ki/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˌkɑː.wəˈsɑː.ki]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˌkɑː.wəˈsɑː.ki/.

Kawasaki has four syllables, and the main stress falls on the third syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.