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  2. Help:IPA/Japanese - Wikipedia

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    Help. : IPA/Japanese. This is the for transcriptions of Japanese on Wikipedia. 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 ...

  3. Diplopia - Wikipedia

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    Diplopia. Diplopia. Other names. Double vision. One way a person might experience double vision. Specialty. Neurology, ophthalmology. Diplopia is the simultaneous perception of two images of a single object that may be displaced horizontally or vertically in relation to each other. [ 1] Also called double vision, it is a loss of visual focus ...

  4. Rei (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Rei (given name) Rei is both a Japanese given name and a Hebrew given name. In Japanese it could have different meanings depending on the used kanji and can be used for (or by) either gender. In Hebrew, the name Rei (רעי Re`eeY) originates in biblical texts which mean "my shepherd; my companion; my friend".

  5. Japanese sound symbolism - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese language has a large inventory of sound symbolic or mimetic words, known in linguistics as ideophones. [1] [2] Such words are found in written as well as spoken Japanese. [3] Known popularly as onomatopoeia, these words do not just imitate sounds but also cover a much wider range of meanings; [1] indeed, many sound-symbolic words ...

  6. Diphthong - Wikipedia

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    A diphthong ( / ˈdɪfθɒŋ, ˈdɪp -/ DIF-thong, DIP-; [ 1] from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos) 'two sounds', from δίς (dís) 'twice' and φθόγγος (phthóngos) 'sound'), also known as a gliding vowel or a vowel glide, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. [ 2] Technically, a ...

  7. Honne and tatemae - Wikipedia

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    and. tatemae. In Japan, honne and tatemae are Japanese terms relating to a person's feelings and outward behaviors. [ 1] Honne refers to a person's true feelings and desires ( 本音, hon'ne, "true sound"), and tatemae refers contrastingly to the behavior and opinions one displays in public ( 建前, tatemae, "built in front", "façade").

  8. 20 Longest Words in English and Their Meanings (Plus ... - AOL

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    But, Parade is here to tell you the longest word, accompanied by the 20 longest words in English and their meanings. The English language is vast, eclectic and a little bit complicated.

  9. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.