Japanese pronunciation is differs dramatically from English pronunciation. Because all Japanese words end in vowels, English speakers learning Japanese may have to spend quite a long time practicing them to get the hang of the rhythm. At first, the tongue tends to tie itself in knots! Forget your English and say To-Yo-Ta, Ka-Wa-Sa-Ki, Ma-Tsu-Shi-Ta. It may help to know that individual vowel sounds in the Japanese language are not very different from Italian or Spanish.