Dear Team JapanesePod101/Yuki [由紀],

I understand that Sotsugyou [そつぎょう/卒業] is “graduation”, but I can’t heart the word correctly. I hear: [そつにょうし] instead of [そつぎょう/卒業]. Why is the “gyou” so soft that it sounds like a “nyou”?

「ぎょう」はソフトに「にょう」に言葉？

(’Gyou’ is a soft ‘nyou’ in the word?)

言葉 = 卒業

(word = graduation [sotsugyoushi])

本当にありがとうございます！

Thank you so much,

Megan Somers

Megan san,
Konnichiwa.
Graduation actually means ‘sotugyou’　卒業….
Please check the spelling above.
Yuki 　由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com

Why do the words related to graduate have a “nyou” sound when “ぎょう” (gyou) is used? I hear an “n” and not a “g”.