International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
Older Japanese term for the IPA; in modern usage 国際音声記号 is standard. Still encountered in older linguistic texts.
See also: 国際音声記号
In pre-war linguistics books, the notation '万国音標文字' was often used.
Modern standard term for the International Phonetic Alphabet; 万国音標文字 is its historical predecessor.
Composed of 万国 (all nations), 音 (sound), 標 (mark), and 文字 (characters), literally 'international sound-marking characters'. Coined as a translation of 'International Phonetic Alphabet' in the early 20th century.