Word details

促音便

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 促音便.

Dictionary

Entry

促音便くおんびんNounFreq #253429
1

Linguistics

nasal sound change (generation of geminate consonant, primarily a geminate 't' from vowel stems ending in 'i')

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

stimulate, urge, press, demand, incite

9 strokesFrequency 998JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ソク

Kun

うなが.す

sound, noise

9 strokesFrequency 491JLPT N3Grade 1

On

オンイン-ノン

Kun

おと

Nanori

便

convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance

9 strokesFrequency 729JLPT N3Grade 4

On

ベンビン

Kun

たよ.り

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