#JapanesePronunciation the つ “tsu” character can be used to mark a small pause that makes the next sound stronger, when used for this purpose it’s smaller than the rest of the characters, this is romanized with a double of the next letter, for example: にっき nikki (journal or diary) and なっとう nattou (fermented soybeans) More @Wikipedia
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