How to convert Japanese Kana to IPA phonetics?


I'm a Chinese student interested in Japanese language processing. As far as I
know, ususally Japanese Kana can be represented in Romaji letters. But I
wonder how can I convert Kana into IPA phonetics? Is there any mapping?




The IPA notation for each hiragana is [listed on
Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana#Table_of_hiragana).

However, the table only shows how the character is typically pronounced in
isolation. As pointed out in the comments section, please be aware that some
characters may be pronounced differently depending on the context. This is
known as [**allophones**](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/9333/5010).
Every language has allophones, but native speakers are usually unaware of
them. Notable examples in Japanese include:

  * [[ɴ] vs [m] vs [n] vs [ŋ] for ん](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/15589/5010)
  * [[g] vs [ng] for が/ぎ/ぐ/げ/ご](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/26227/5010) (bidakuon)
  * [[dz] v [z] for ざ/じ/ず/ぜ/ぞ](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/18094/5010)

