I've always said-

Tee-in(tein)
On-kee(enkei)
Five-zee-gen[like in again] (5Zigen)
Gred-dee(greddy)
Tuh-naw-bee(tanabe)
Crap(APC)
mo-tegg-ee(motegi)
Eye-bawk(eibach)
Ku-mo(kumho)
naw-luh-jee(nology)

Remember we all do have our regional diction aiding in our pronunciations.

Steve

 

Uh huh huh huh....you said diction.....uh huh huh huh...

 

I guess all this means i'll have to start pronouncing TRD "Turd".

 

TAEK pronounced TA EKKKK? lol

 

BRIDE SEAT HOLDING MONSTERS

BRIDE is not pronounced like the women during a wedding, its pronuced BRID

 

Where did you get this information?

 

Been using/hearing that one for a while, but glad Toyota didn't use TISMO.

 

i've always heard people say it as "tayne"....maybe it's a cultural thing; the old "english" adage "i" before "e" except after "c" and sounds like "a" as in "neighbor" and "weigh"....hence the americanized tayne.

i know, someone call the company and see how they answer the phone.

 

Just because no one knows how to say it.

Orataro - O Ra Taro

 

^^mm.. Taro.. Taro Black Milk Tea.. yumm...

 

I was on the TEIN website and watched the promo video. The voiceover pronounced TEIN like "rain". I know this has been beaten to death, but that's about as official as it can get, I guess.

Also, was on the WheelsNext website and found this about 5Zigen:

Top quality racing wheels for all sports cars, including European models. 5Zigen was found in 1987 in Japan. The name "5Zigen" means "5 dimensions". It transcends insight and sets forth for the company - product developments beyond time and space. That's why for years, 5Zigen has been diligently doing research and development to offer end-users with high quality and stylish performance wheels.

...if anybody cares anymore.

 

I actually have a female friend named Tein, and she pronounces it Tea-en. That may just be a matter of personal choice.

 

i clicked on this thread to post just that.

 

TEIN is acutally an american derived word, not japanese.

TEIN = TECHNICAL INOVATION

but i have heard and spoke to tein represanatives before and they all say it is pronounced:

TEA - IN

 

ok, besides the fact that they say it's "tane" on their website.

 

i think being asian helps in figuring out these pronounciations.

TEIN = definitely "tay-n" (like tame or tane above) but more resembling "ten"

and the others are like what everyone else has said before.

if you want to learn some colloquial pronounciations, i suggest watching japanese shows/anime, such as our good friend Initial-D. none of that dubbed crap.

now how about:

RAZO ? = "rae-zo", like razor ?
Espelir = ?
Cusco = "koos-ko" ?
Honda = "Hohn-dah"
Acura = "Akoo-rah"
Mugen = "Myu-Gen"

...

 

Espelir? S-pea-ri-ru. In English. Ess-pell-er.