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一音節 (ichionsetsu) Japanese meaning: monosyllable | Kotomora

一いち音おん節せつ

い

ち

お

ん

せ

つ

Meanings

1

Linguistic term for a word or utterance consisting of a single syllable.

日本にほん語ごでは一いち音おん節せつの単たん語ごは比ひ較かく的てき少すくない

。

In Japanese, monosyllabic words are relatively few.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
音sound, noise
節node, season, period

Related words

音おん節せつ
音節 means 'syllable' in general, while 一音節 specifically means 'one syllable' or 'monosyllable'.

Built from

一いち音おん+節せつ

Etymology

Compound of 一 (いち, 'one') + 音節 (おんせつ, 'syllable').