japonica
/j ə ˈp ŏ n ə k ə, j ə ˈp ŏ n ĭ k ə/
ja-pŏn-i-ca, ja-pŏn-ĭ-ca
SCHWA_RULE
Any vowel in an unstressed syllable may reduce to schwa (/ə/).
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