She is planning a date with her current boyfriend.

He lost everything.

My boyfriend gave me a gift.

Everyone was surprised by the news.

The nucleus is the central part of a syllable in phonetics.

Vowel harmony plays an important role in the phonology of certain languages.

There are five monophthongs in Japanese.

There are five short vowels in Japanese.

You need to be careful with the pronunciation of long vowels in Japanese.

A nasal vowel refers to a vowel that is pronounced through the nasal cavity.