はじき音
also: だんおん
Meanings
1
alveolar flap; alveolar tap
Linguistics term for a consonant produced by a single rapid contact of the tongue against the alveolar ridge, as in the Japanese 'r' sound.
The consonant of the Japanese 'ra' row is often pronounced as an alveolar flap.
The /t/ in English 'better' often becomes an alveolar tap in American English.