Hi, I'm new to this forum and to Japanese, too. And please excuse my bad English ^^.
Could you please show me how to pronounce "s" and "sh" in Japanese, for instance, is "su" and "shu" pronounced differently? Also I have the same question with "z" and "j".
In addition, does "r" have 1 or more ways of pronunciation?
Romaji is used to transcribe Japanese words into alphabets. "S" is for sa-column or γγγγγ, whereas "sh" is for youon or γγγγ γγ. That's quite the same as "z vs j" or "γγγγγ vs γγγγ γγ." Thus, they have completely different pronunciation except i-lines "si/shi" and "zi/ji". (They are both for γ, γ, respectively.)