Exercise 5:
| sasu | to point | seki | seat |
| soko | there | suki | fondness |
| shika | deer | ashi | leg |
| soshiki | organization | sekai | world |
| sooko | warehouse | suuki | varied fortune |
| shoki | early period | shooki | consciousness |
| shuuki | cycle | shaashaa | shamelessly |
| oshii | precious | seou | to carry on one’s back |
The voiced counterpart of s is similar to z in 'bazaar' before a, u, e, and o, similar to j in 'reject' before i} and in contracted sounds ja, ju, jo.
Exercise 6:
| zashiki | Japanese | shizuka | quiet |
| Zushi | P. N. | zei | tax |
| sazo | indeed | zooka | increase |
| zuuzuushii | impudent | kujaku | peacock |
| kuji | 9 o’clock | joshi | women |
| shijuu | always | jigoku | hell |
| juugo | fifteen | jooki | steam |
| jikei | affection | jiei | self defense |
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