同どう音おん異い義ぎ語ご

noun

homophone; homonym

Linguistic term for words that share the same pronunciation but have different meanings; may or may not share the same kanji spelling.

• 「橋はし」と「箸はし」は同どう音おん異い義ぎ語ごです。

  "Hashi" (bridge) and "hashi" (chopsticks) are homophones.

• 日本にほん語ごには同どう音おん異い義ぎ語ごがたくさんあります。

  Japanese has many homophones.