This is the g sound
This sound is said like /j/
This is sometimes referred to as a "soft g sound"
g can sometimes be pronounced a hard g sound /g/ as in good and great and angry
Word list
giant
ginger
giraffe
general
genius
geometry
gesture
gymnasium
gypsy
damage
danger
angel
digest
emergency
energy
engineer
imagine
intelligent
legend
magic
register
stranger
tragic