syllable
Linguistic term for a unit of pronunciation. Used in phonology and language study.
Most Japanese syllables end with a vowel.
'A' is one syllable.
polysyllable
closed syllable
open syllable
syllabic
syllabic character; syllabogram
Compound of 音 (sound) and 節 (segment, node). The term was coined in Japanese linguistics to translate the Western concept of 'syllable'.