How do you pronounce "Masamune"?

[BarelySeeAtAll]

ma-sa-mune

(Mah-sah-myoon, or something like that)

that's how I pronounce it.

i think i say it like that
it depends on, something...god knows what though

[Jiro]

masa (like NASA but m) moon.
but it depends who i'm talking to. sometimes i say masa moon ay.
It does have a proper pronounciation but will anyone shoot you for saying it wrong?

[feioncastor]

I believe that Masamune is actually pronounced "mah-sah-MOO-nay" and Murasame would be "moo-rah-SAH-may".

However, I just say "mas-a-myoon" and "myur-ahs-sa-mee" out of habit.

I also pronounce "Chocobo" as "KO-ko-bo", treating the "ch" as a "k", like in the word "Chimera" or "Chrysler".

[Rase]

I pronounce it Mah-sah-moon and couldn't care less if it's correct or not.

[Araciel]

ma-sa-mune

(Mah-sah-myoon, or something like that)

that's how I pronounce it.

Close. It's mah-sah-myoon-ay.

well then i'm close too. masamune looks to sound the way he pronounces it, in english.

or it should be spelled 'masamunay'

[vorpal blade]

I used to think it was "mah sah moon" (how my friends pronounced the names of Masa and Mune in CT) till I saw the sword in SOTN. Then I realized that it wasn't something squaresoft made up and started calling it by it's japanese pronunciation, "mah sah moo neh" or something like that. I can't type pronunciations.

[Edgar]

It's in japanese isn't it.

thus, Ma-sa-mu-ne

[Mo-Nercy]

Masamune is a Japanese word. Therefore, the correct way to read it would be based on the Japanese language. I don't know what other people are getting at with "I've silented the 'e' because I'm English" or whatever. Doesn't really make sense to me, especially since Japanese is so easy to pronounce.

Ma Sa Mu Ne.

[Nevermore]

It's a reference to a legendary Japanese sword smith's name: Masamune Okazaki.

Using the Japanese Hiragana pronunciations, it would be pronounced as follows:

Ma sah moo nay

*points and nods.*

Incidentally, Murasame is ''moo-ra-samay''. Bwa.