類るい音おん

noun

similar sound; assonance; diaphone

Linguistic term for sounds that are similar or related. 'Diaphone' is a technical phonetics term; 'assonance' refers to resemblance of vowel sounds in poetry or prose. In general contexts, it simply means a similar sound.

• この二ふたつの単たん語ごは類るい音おんで、聞きき間ま違ちがいやすい。

  These two words have similar sounds and are easy to mishear.

• 詩しにおける類るい音おんの効こう果かについて研けん究きゅうしている。

  I am researching the effect of assonance in poetry.