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Is Japanese /t/ aspirated?

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junnis22
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23 September 2010 at 7:14am | IP Logged 
This has been bugging me for a while and I have a hard time asking the Japanese speakers I know. Is the Japanese /t/ supposed to be aspirated or not? Thanks.

Edited by junnis22 on 23 September 2010 at 7:16am

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Arekkusu
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23 September 2010 at 1:02pm | IP Logged 
It's not, in principle, but you will sometimes hear slightly aspirated versions.
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