約音

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やくおん [yàkúóń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟ᵝõ̞ɴ]

Noun

約(やく)音(おん) • (yakuon)

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

Derived terms

約(やく) (yaku) (clipping)

References

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

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