We are often asked about the correct pronunciation of some tenkara words, so I asked Mr. Yuzo Sebata, Ms. Akiko Takamatsu, Mr. Mano and Mr. Yoshida to share the correct way of saying them. This 30-second guide to pronouncing common words used in tenkara was fun to put together. Learn how to say: tenkara, sakasa, kebari, amago, iwana, yamame and ito.
Tenkara: Japanese method of fly-fishing that uses only a tenkara rod, tenkara line and tenkara flies.
Sakasa: “reverse” and normally used in conjunction with the word kebari, which means artificial fly. Sakasa kebari is the reverse-hackle fly commonly used in tenkara.
Amago, Iwana, Yamame, and Ito are names of Japanese trout and char and also the names of the tenkara rods made by Tenkara USA.
30-second tenkara pronunciation guide
On August 23, 2013
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Comments (3)
Hmmm Video says unavailable. Hearing the words from a native speaker could be interesting. However – Ask a W.Virginian & an Ohioian how to say : Hi, Five or Nine – you’ll hear words that sound a lot different. Add Boston, Charlotte or Memphis for even more variety. Maybe Japan is more homogeneous in how they pronounce words.
Daniel
I love this…I always wonder if I am pronouncing these words correctly, thank you the video
haha, awesome. I’ve been pronouncing most of those words incorrectly. thanks for cleaning it up.