How does ッ pronounce before b, d, g (バッグ, ベッド)?


For ッ before p, t, k, such as バック, it sounds to be voiceless.

But what happens if it is before b, d, g? This situation rarely occurs in
Japanese, but sometimes exists in loanwords. Examples would be バッグ or ベッド.

Since there are so few examples, I'm not sure how it's pronounced. Should the
ッ syllable sound voiced or voiceless? Any differences from the case before p,
t, k?




The small ッ cannot be pronounced on its own. In other words, there is no such
thing as "the ッ syllable". Discussing whether it's voiced or not is as
meaningless as discussing whether punctuation marks (`,`, `?`, `!`) and
diacritics are voiced or not. Although they may affect how surrounding
characters are pronounced, they cannot be pronounced in isolation.

If you mean the next consonant after the small-tsu, such as ド as in ベッド, yes,
it will be voiced as it is written. ド in ベッド is voiced, like _d_ in _bed_ ,
and ト in ベット is unvoiced ( _t_ in _bet_ ).

