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有声両唇閉鎖音 (ゆうせいりょうしんへいさおん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

有ゆう声せい両りょう唇しん閉へい鎖さ音おん

Meanings

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noun

voiced bilabial stop; voiced bilabial plosive

linguistics

Technical term in phonetics for the consonant sound [b], as in English 'bat' or Japanese ば行.

有ゆう声せい両りょう唇しん閉へい鎖さ音おんは、日本にほん語ごの「ばびぶべぼ」の子し音いんとして現あらわれる。
The voiced bilabial stop appears as the consonant in Japanese 'ba, bi, bu, be, bo'.

Kanji

有possess, have, exist
声voice
両both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train)
唇

lips

閉closed, shut

鎖chain, irons, connection

音sound, noise

Similar words

無む声せい両りょう唇しん閉へい鎖さ音おん
The voiceless counterpart [p], as in ぱ行. 有声両唇閉鎖音 is voiced, with vocal cord vibration.
両りょう唇しん音おん
General term for bilabial sounds, including stops, nasals, and fricatives. 有声両唇閉鎖音 is a specific type.

Etymology

Compound of 有声 (voiced), 両唇 (bilabial), and 閉鎖音 (stop/plosive), directly calqued from English linguistic terminology.