音便

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
便
おん
Grade: 1
びん
Grade: 4
goon kan’yōon
 音便 on Japanese Wikipedia
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Pronunciation

Noun

(おん)便(びん) (onbin

  1. (Japanese phonology and phonetics) euphony (sound change)
    Hyponyms: イ音便, ウ音便, 促音便, 撥音便

See also

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN