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From my understanding the Japanese have a sound between R and L, but neither one on their own
Similarly, Korean transliterations of L and R use the same jamo, ᄅ. In actual use the character is pronounced like either English letter depending on where in the word it is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rieul_(hangul)