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転
てん
Nouns
sound change; semantic shift; altered word · twist in Chinese poetry
アクセント
Common word
N3
Nouns
accent; stress; pitch accent · intonation; inflection; cadence · accent (regional or foreign) · accent (design); highlight; emphasis · accent (music)
敬語
けいご
Common word
N2
Nouns
honorific language; polite speech; keigo
熟語
じゅくご
Common word
N2
Nouns
kanji compound; compound word · idiom; set phrase
母音
ぼいん
Common word
Nouns
vowel
ＩＰＡ
アイ・ピー・エー
Nouns
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
ラング
らんぐ
Common word
Nouns
langue; language as a system · lung
子音
しいん
Nouns
consonant
文末
ぶんまつ
Nouns
end of a sentence
打ち消し
うちけし
Common word
N1
Nouns
negation; negative; denial
音節
おんせつ
Nouns
syllable
語法
ごほう
Nouns
diction; wording; usage; grammar; syntax
音韻
おんいん
Nouns
phoneme · vocal sound; tone quality; timbre · initial and final (Chinese syllable structure)
モーラ
もーら
Nouns
mora
枕詞
まくらことば
Nouns
pillow word; decorative prefix in classical Japanese poetry · preface; introduction
同音
どうおん
Common word
N1
Nouns
homophony; same pronunciation; same sound · unison; same pitch · in one voice; speaking in unison
類語
るいご
Nouns
quasi-synonym; near-synonym
類義語
るいぎご
Nouns
synonym; similar word
オノマトペ
Nouns
onomatopoeia
濁音
だくおん
Nouns
voiced sound; syllable with a voiced consonant
単音
たんおん
Nouns
single sound; monosyllable; phone · monotone (harmonica, etc.)
音素
おんそ
Nouns
phoneme
読点
とうてん
Nouns
Japanese comma
清音
せいおん
Nouns
clear sound; unvoiced syllable; syllable without dakuten/handakuten · clear sound; pure tone
語族
ごぞく
Nouns
language family; family of languages
擬態語
ぎたいご
Nouns
phenomime; mimetic word
形態素
けいたいそ
Nouns
morpheme
鼻濁音
びだくおん
Nouns
nasal voiced sound; nasal sonant
語幹
ごかん
Nouns
word stem; stem
リエゾン
Nouns
liaison (phonetics) · liaison; contact; connection · liaison (cooking); egg yolk and cream mixture
レーマ
Nouns
rhema
ＬＦＧ
エル・エフ・ジー
Nouns
Lexical-Functional Grammar; LFG
こそあど
Nouns
ko-so-a-do demonstratives
アブギダ
Nouns
abugida
シノニム
しのにむ
Common word
Nouns
synonym · synonym
シュワー
しゅわー
Nouns
schwa
シーニュ
Nouns
sign (linguistics)
パロール
Nouns
parole
フォザミ
Nouns
false friend
アブジャド
Nouns
abjad
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