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Old 12th December 2006, 01:07 AM
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It is pronounced with an s, so it is romanized with an s. TH, in your examples, there's no difference in the Japanese, only in the romanization. However, saki vs zaki does represent a difference in Japanese pronunciation. Ok so lots of things have alternate pronunciations when you stick stuff together, like oo + toori = oodoori. But whether or not the alternate pronunciation is used when sticking things together is determined by the juxtaposed sounds. oodoori flows better than ootoori for example. saki is the pronunciation used with her name, s sound.

Plus my dictionary says the kanji for saki in her name has no zaki alternate pronunciation.
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