濃のう音おん

noun

fortis consonant; tense consonant

Linguistics term, especially for Korean tense consonants (e.g., ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ). Also used for similar tense sounds in other languages.

• 韓かん国こく語ごの濃のう音おんは、日本にほん語ご話わ者しゃには難むずかしい発はつ音おんの一ひとつだ。

  Korean tense consonants are one of the difficult pronunciations for Japanese speakers.

• この言げん語ごには、濃のう音おんと平へい音おんの対たい立りつがある。

  This language has a contrast between tense and lax consonants.