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Help:IPA/Japanese. Help. : IPA/Japanese. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Japanese in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing ...
Venn diagram showing the relationships between homophones (blue circle) and related linguistic concepts. A homophone (/ ˈhɒməfoʊn, ˈhoʊmə -/) is a word that is pronounced the same (to a varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning and sometimes also in spelling. The two words may be spelled the same, for example rose (flower ...
The sound-symbolic words of Japanese can be classified into four main categories: [4][5] words that mimic sounds made by living things, like a dog's bark (wan-wan). words that mimic sounds made by inanimate objects, like wind blowing or rain falling (zā-zā). words that depict states, conditions, or manners of the external world (non-auditory ...
Japanese wordplay relies on the nuances of the Japanese language and Japanese script for humorous effect, functioning somewhat like a cross between a pun and a spoonerism. Double entendres have a rich history in Japanese entertainment (such as in kakekotoba) [ 1 ] due to the language's large number of homographs (different meanings for a given ...
Classifying verbs is simple in theory: Take the verb in its plain, negative form. The result will be: verb-stem + ない (nai) This classification system works for all Japanese verbs, with three exceptions: ある (aru) is a pentagrade verb, and both しない (shinai) and こない (konai) are instead classified as irregular verbs.
The Japanese liquid is most often realized as an alveolar tap [ɾ], though there is some variation depending on phonetic context. [1] /r/ of American English (the dialect Japanese speakers are typically exposed to) is most commonly a postalveolar central approximant with simultaneous secondary pharyngeal constriction [ɹ̠ˤ] or less commonly a retroflex approximant [ɻ].
Japanese phonology is the system of sounds used in the pronunciation of the Japanese language. Unless otherwise noted, this article describes the standard variety of Japanese based on the Tokyo dialect. There is no overall consensus on the number of contrastive sounds (phonemes), but common approaches recognize at least 12 distinct consonants ...
Contents. Gojūon. In the Japanese language, the gojūon (五十音, Japanese pronunciation: [ɡo (d)ʑɯꜜːoɴ], lit. "fifty sounds") is a traditional system ordering kana characters by their component phonemes, roughly analogous to alphabetical order. The "fifty" (gojū) in its name refers to the 5×10 grid in which the characters are ...