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直音化
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 直音化.
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Entry
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Rare term; Linguistics; E.g. conversion of きゃ to か
depalatalization (e.g. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese); depalatalisation
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
直
straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair
8 strokesFrequency 246JLPT N2Grade 2
On
チョクジキジカ
Kun
ただ.ちになお.す-なお.すなお.るなお.きす.ぐ
Nanori
すぐなおのうのお
音
sound, noise
9 strokesFrequency 491JLPT N3Grade 1
On
オンイン-ノン
Kun
おとね
Nanori
おと
化
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
4 strokesFrequency 89JLPT N2Grade 3
On
カケ
Kun
ば.けるば.かすふ.けるけ.する
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