約音

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
やく
Grade: 4
おん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(やく)(おん) (yakuon

  1. (linguistics) syncope, contraction (phonetic phenomenon whereby neighbouring sounds are lost from the interior of a word)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN