voiced sound; syllable with a voiced consonant
Linguistic term for a mora or syllable beginning with a voiced obstruent or containing a voiced consonant, such as が, ざ, だ, ば. Often contrasted with 清音 (voiceless sound) and 半濁音 (semi-voiced sound).
Adding a dakuten to か turns it into the voiced sound が.
Japanese voiced sounds include が, ざ, だ, ば, and others.
nasal voiced sound; nasal sonant
syllable with a 'p' sound (in Japanese)
Compound of 濁 (daku, 'muddy, impure') and 音 (on, 'sound'), referring to the 'muddy' or voiced quality of these sounds in traditional Japanese phonology.