> However, as far as I am aware, Japanese does does have the /jɛ/ sequence for some reason. I'm stretching a little bit, because I've looked into this in idle

> However, as far as I am aware, Japanese does does have the /jɛ/ sequence for some reason. I'm stretching a little bit, because I've looked into this in idle curiosity before. The only connection I can think of is the brand "Ebisu", written "ヱビス", and sometimes romanized to "Yebisu". The character itself seems to be from a historical "we" kana, and I'm not sure of the reason for that. Oh, and there's an archaic hiragana (but no katakana equivalent?) for "ye" (/jɛ/): 𛀁.