noun
closed syllable
Linguistics term for a syllable that ends in a consonant, such as the first syllable in がっこう (gak-kō).
日本語の閉音節には、促音「っ」や撥音「ん」で終わるものがある。
In Japanese, closed syllables include those ending with the sokuon 'っ' or the moraic nasal 'ん'.
開音節 is an open syllable, which ends in a vowel, contrasting with 閉音節.
Compound of 閉 (hei, 'closed') + 音節 (onsetsu, 'syllable'), a calque from Western linguistic terminology.