音

final consonant

Wu dynasty reading of Chinese characters

tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese

professor specializing in the readings of kanji in classic Confucianist texts

Linguistics

open syllable

Linguistics

nasal vowel

phonetic table (esp. that of Japanese)

(of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel

(of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

(of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel

(of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

Linguistics

euphonic change wherein some mora ('ku', 'gu', 'hi', 'bi' and 'mi') are pronounced 'u'

Linguistics

euphonic change wherein some mora ('ki', 'gi', 'shi' and 'ri') are pronounced 'i'

Linguistics

sound change

Music

root (of a chord)

anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)

hemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing semitones)

ritsu scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale primarily used in gagaku: re, mi, so, la, ti)

Linguistics

closed syllable

using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning)

Computing

transcription

Linguistics

diphthong

Music

mordent

Linguistics

bilabial

Linguistics

contraction (in phonetics)

phonetics; phonology