Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 拗音(ようおん) in Japanese

拗音
Kana Reading
ようおん
Romaji
yōon
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    contracted sound; palatised sound
    Example sentence
    拗音（ゃ　ゅ　ょ）と促音（っ）の出し方も、加えていただけると参考になるかもしれません。 I think it might be useful if you could add how to output the diphthongs (with small ya/yu/yo) and geminate consonants (with small tsu).

Examples of 拗音, ようおん in a sentence

  • 拗音（ゃ　ゅ　ょ）と促音（っ）の出し方も、加えていただけると参考になるかもしれません。

    I think it might be useful if you could add how to output the diphthongs (with small ya/yu/yo) and geminate consonants (with small tsu).

Kanji in this word

音 JLPT 4

9 strokes

sound, noise

On'Yomi: オン, イン, -ノン

Kun'Yomi: おと, ね

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拗

8 strokes

crooked, twisted, distorted, perverted, cross

On'Yomi: オウ, ヨウ, イク, ユウ

Kun'Yomi: ねじ.れる, こじ.れる, す.ねる, ねじ.ける

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