音おん響きょう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

sound; audio; acoustics

Broad term covering sound, audio, and acoustics. Often used in technical contexts like audio equipment, room acoustics, or sound engineering.

このホールは音おん響きょうが

素す

晴ば

らしい

。

This hall has wonderful acoustics.

音おん響きょう機き器きの設せっ定ていを確かく認にんしてください。

Please check the settings of the audio equipment.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉の音おん響きょうがいいthe acoustics of a place are good
このホールは音おん響きょうがいい。
This hall has great acoustics.
音おん響きょう設せつ備びを整ととのえるto set up sound equipment
コンサート会かい場じょうの音おん響きょう設せつ備びを整ととのえた。
They set up the sound equipment for the concert venue.
音おん響きょうを調ちょう整せいするto adjust the sound/acoustics
スタジオで音おん響きょうを調ちょう整せいした。
We adjusted the sound in the studio.

Kanji

音sound, noise
響echo, sound, resound

Related words

音おとN5
音 is the plain, everyday word for a sound, while 音響 is the technical term used for acoustics, audio equipment, or sound quality in a space.
音おん声せいN2
音声 refers specifically to voice or audio signal (as in audio/video data), whereas 音響 covers sound and acoustics more broadly, including room acoustics.
オーディオ
音響 is the broader, scientific term for sound or acoustics, while オーディオ is specifically about consumer sound technology and equipment.

Opposites

無む音おん
無音 means 'silence, no sound', the direct opposite of 音響, which refers to the presence and quality of sound.

Don't confuse with

反はん響きょうN1
反響 means an echo or a reaction/response, while 音響 is the general technical term for sound or acoustics itself; the two share the kanji 響 but differ in meaning.

Word family· 25

大だい音おん響きょう
loud sound; loud reverberation
音おん響きょう器き
sounder; telegraph sounder
音おん響きょう学がく
acoustics

Etymology

Compound of 音 (sound) and 響 (echo/reverberation), literally 'sound reverberation'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination naturally conveys the idea of sound propagation and acoustics.

心しん理り音おん響きょう

psychoacoustic

立りっ体たい音おん響きょう

stereophonic sound; 3D audio; spatial audio

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電でん気き音おん響きょう
electro-acoustic
音おん響きょう信しん号ごう
acoustic signal; audio signal; audible signal
音おん響きょう兵へい器き
acoustic weapon; sonic weapon
音おん響きょう効こう果か
sound effects · acoustics
音おん響きょう外がい傷しょう
acoustic trauma; noise-induced hearing injury

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