Most of the videos / guides I've watched pretty much have you place your tongue between where you'd normally place the D and the L sound.
Now this makes perfect sense, I can do that. The next part is what confuses me. Cause all of the sudden they make the correct sound from that.
When I try to pronounce the Japanese "R" with my tongue in that position I basically end up using my throat and rolling (?) my tongue / throat.
Now I don't do this intentionally. It's just when I try to pronounce "R" in that tongue position, that's how it comes out and I'm not sure if that's bad or good.
Some people try to say to just keep pronouncing "L" but in the correct position but all I hear is "L" no matter how far forward or back I put my tongue compared to hearing the correct version from the speaker.
Am I doing the correct thing and it just will take more practice, or do I need to figure out a way of doing it without the rolling of the tongue / throat. I'm assuming it's wrong cause after practicing my throat ends up hurting. 😅
by Krozjin