単母音
た
ん
ぼ
い
ん
Meanings
1
monophthong; simple vowel
Linguistics term for a vowel with a single, unchanging quality, as opposed to a diphthong or triphthong.
Japanese 'a', 'i', 'u', 'e', 'o' are monophthongs.
English 'ai' is a diphthong, not a monophthong.