RO > JP sound list

This is some sort of guide to JP pronunciation for Romanian speakers, but it's also a guide for using CRINA's Romanian voicebank to emulate Japanese.

First of all, the Japanese 「う」isn't the same thing as the Romanian  「u 」, it sounds like a mix between   「u 」 and  「â/î」  (written "ii" in the voicebank's filenames). Therefore the voicebank will always have an accent. Another source of accent might prove to be the difference between the Japanese 「し」and the Romanian 「şi」, the JP one being more slurred/lispy.

a = あ (a)
e = え (e)
i = い (i)
o = お (o)
u = う (u)
ca  = か (ka)
che = け(ke)
chi  = き (ki)
co  = こ (ko)
cu  = く (ku)
chea  = きゃ (kya)
cheo= きょ (kyo)
chie = きぇ (kye)
chiu = きゅ (kyu)
ta = た (ta)
te = て (te)
ci = ち (chi)
to = と (to)
ţu = つ (tsu)
cea = ちゃ (cha)
ce = ちぇ (che)
ceo = ちょ (cho)
ciu = ちゅ (chu)
ga = が (ga)
ghe = げ (ge)
ghi = ぎ (gi)
go = ご (go)
gu = ぐ (gu)
ghea = ぎゃ(gya)
gheo = ぎょ (gyo)
ghiu = ぎゅ (gyu)
ghie = ぎぇ (gye)
da = だ (da)
de = で (de)
do  = ど (do)
na = な (na)
ne = ね (ne)
ni = に (ni)
no = の (no)
nu = ぬ (nu)
nea = にゃ(nya)
neo = にょ (nyo)
niu = にゅ (nyu)
nie = にぇ (nye)
ma = ま (ma)
me  = め (me)
mi = み (mi)
mo = も (mo)
mu = む (mu)
mea = みゃ (mya)
mie = みぇ (mye)
meo = みょ (myo)
miu = みゅ (myu)
ha = は (ha)
he = へ (he)
hi = ひ (hi)
ho = ほ (ho)
hu = ふ (fu)
hia = ひゃ (hya)
hio = ひょ (hio)
hie = ひぇ (hye)
hiu = ひゅ (hiu)
ba = ば (ba)
be = べ (be)
bi = び (bi)
bo = ぼ (bo)
bu = ぶ (bu)
pa = ぱ (pa)
pe = ぺ (pe)
pi = ぴ (pi)
po = ぽ (po)
pu = ぷ (pu)
bea = びゃ (bya)
beo = びょ (byo)
bie = びぇ (bye)
biu = びゅ (byu)
pea = ぴゃ(pya)
peo = ぴょ (pyo)
pie = ぴぇ (pye)
piu = ぴゅ (pyu)
sa = さ (sa)
se = せ(se)
şi = し (shi)
so = そ (so)
su = す (su)
şa = しゃ (sha)
şe = しぇ (she)
şo = しょ (sho)
şu = しゅ (shu)
za = ざ (dza)
ze = ぜ (dze)
zo = ぞ (dzo)
zu = ず (dzu)
gi = じ (ji)
gea = じゃ (ja)
geo = じょ (jo)
giu = じゅ (ju)
ge = じぇ (je)
oa = わ (wa)
uo = を (wo)
n = ん (n)
ea/ia = や (ya)
io = よ (yo)
iu = ゆ (yu)