Same as Hakuryuu, yes, stress on the first syllable. (Mandatory disclaimer: It's-not-really-stress-it's-a-high-pitch-accent, but it sounds like a stress to us.)
Ryuu actually *is* a single phonic sound in Japanese. ^_^ It's only us who pronounces it ri-yuu because English does and it gets disconcerting after a bit. The Ki-o-to Agreement? Ohh- Kyoto- two syllables. Well, four, because of the vowels oh-never-mind.
Also Japanese likes to swallow its u sounds so to my ear it's Hak'ryuu more than Ha-ku-ryu-u. Every syllable is supposed to be held the same length of time but tests show that the Japanese actually give u syllables- ku mu su etc- half a beat instead. This is why I can't spell the name Goku. That says Gok' to my ear.
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Date: 2006-07-17 03:29 pm (UTC)Ryuu actually *is* a single phonic sound in Japanese. ^_^ It's only us who pronounces it ri-yuu because English does and it gets disconcerting after a bit. The Ki-o-to Agreement? Ohh- Kyoto- two syllables. Well, four, because of the vowels oh-never-mind.
Also Japanese likes to swallow its u sounds so to my ear it's Hak'ryuu more than Ha-ku-ryu-u. Every syllable is supposed to be held the same length of time but tests show that the Japanese actually give u syllables- ku mu su etc- half a beat instead. This is why I can't spell the name Goku. That says Gok' to my ear.