特とく殊しゅ拍はく

noun

special mora; non-syllabic mora; non-head mora

Linguistics term for a mora that cannot form a syllable nucleus on its own, such as the moraic nasal ン, the moraic obstruent ッ, or the second half of a long vowel.

• 日本にほん語ごの特とく殊しゅ拍はくには、撥はつ音おん、促そく音おん、長ちょう音おんの後こう半はん部ぶが含ふくまれる。

  Japanese special morae include the moraic nasal, the moraic obstruent, and the second half of a long vowel.

• 特とく殊しゅ拍はくは単たん独どくで音おん節せつを構こう成せいできない。

  A special mora cannot form a syllable by itself.