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音
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Noun, used as a suffix
sound; noise
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(speech) sound
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Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
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volume (sound)
Examples
お隣の音楽はとてもうるさい。音量を落としてくれたらなあ。
The music next door is very loud. I wish they would turn it down.
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flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); buzz (of bees, etc.)
Examples
その間ずっと、じいさんの言ったことが、メロンの周りを飛び回る蠅の羽音のように、頭の中でぶんぶんと鳴っていました。
All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.
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whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
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sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
Examples
その瞬間、大音響とともに爆発した。
At that instant it exploded with a great noise.
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speed of sound
Examples
このジェット機は音速の約三倍で飛ぶ。
This jet travels about three times as fast as the speed of sound.
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Usu. in neg. sentence as ~がない, etc.
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
Examples
彼からは殴り書きの手紙が一通届いただけで、その後音沙汰が無い。
I got a scribbled note from him, but haven't heard from him since.
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quietly; soundlessly
Examples
とても驚いたことには、ドアが音もなく開いた。
Much to my surprise, the door opened noiselessly.
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to whine; to make feeble complaints
Examples
5年に及ぶ、つらかったガンの治療期間中、彼は何とか弱音をはかず毅然とした態度を崩さなかった。
Throughout the five years of painful cancer treatments, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip.
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Idiomatic expression
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
Examples
厳しいトレーニングに、彼は音を上げた。
He gave up under the severe training he faced.
