音

Meaning

音 centers on what is heard: sound or noise. It covers both intentional sounds and incidental noise.

• 音おと
  N5

  sound; noise

• 音ね
  N1

  sound; tone; note; ring; chirp

• 音おん

  sound; noise

• 音楽おんがく
  N5

  music

• 音声おんせい
  N2

  voice; speech; sound of a voice

• 録音ろくおん
  N2

  (audio) recording

• 発音はつおん
  N4

  pronunciation

• 本音ほんね
  N2

  real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

• 騒音そうおん
  N3

  noise; din

• 音量おんりょう

  volume (sound)

• 音響おんきょう
  N1

  sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation

• 音質おんしつ

  tone quality; sound quality

• 音色ねいろ
  N1

  tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

• 低音ていおん
  N1

  low tone; bass; low voice

• 観音かんのん

  Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

• 福音ふくいん

  good news; glad tidings

• 音楽家おんがくか

  musician

• 音痴おんち

  tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music

• 音頭おんど

  lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead

• 足音あしおと
  N1

  (sound of) footsteps

• 爆音ばくおん

  (sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)

• 雑音ざつおん
  N2

  noise (usu. unpleasant)

• 音符おんぷ

  musical note; note symbol

• 高音こうおん
  N1

  high-pitched tone; soprano

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