あ行

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ぎょう
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spellings
ア行
阿行
 あ行 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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(a) +‎ (row)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ぎょう) (agyōあぎゃう (agyau)?

  1. (phonology, orthography, grammar) the first row of the 五十音図 (literally table of the fifty sounds), consisting of the five kana / (a), / (i), / (u), / (e) and / (o)
    Coordinate terms: あ段, か行, さ行, た行, な行, は行, ま行, や行, ら行, わ行
    (ぎょう)(かみ)(いち)(だん)/(しも)(いち)(だん)/(しも)()(だん)(かつ)(よう)
    agyō kamīchidan/shimoichidan/shimonidan katsuyō
    a-row upper-monograde/lower-monograde/lower-bigrade inflection