His pronunciation sounded alright to me and I asked him why he wanted me to listen to these two phrases which he'd so obviously mastered. He made his selection and the salesclerk asked him twice if he really wanted to buy the deodorant. Thinking that his pronunciation was not being understood he adamantly insisted that he wanted to purchase it. Out of curiosity, I asked him what brand he'd bought and he brought the can to the next lesson. I almost fell over when I saw it.
Dictionaries can be dangerous.
Thanks to this dictionary definition, a Japanese businessman made a big mistake in the use of this word. Japanese pharmaceutical salesmen and women have begun to refer to themselves as MRs. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited.