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voiced sound; voiced kana
A Japanese syllable produced with vocal cord vibration, indicated by the dakuten (゛) diacritical mark. For example, か→が, さ→ざ, た→だ, は→ば. One of the fundamental concepts in Japanese phonology.
「が」は「か」の濁音だ。
'Ga' is the voiced form of 'ka.'
濁音の発音を練習しましょう。
Let's practice pronouncing voiced sounds.
日本語の濁音には「が行」「ざ行」「だ行」「ば行」の四つの行がある。
Japanese voiced sounds include four rows: the ga-row, za-row, da-row, and ba-row.
Compound of 濁 (muddied, voiced) + 音 (sound). The 濁点 (゛) mark added to kana to indicate voicing is sometimes called "点々" (dots) in casual speech.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 濁音を付ける — to add voicing
- 濁音の発音 — pronunciation of voiced sounds
- 濁音記号 — voicing mark (dakuten)
RELATED TERMS:
- 清音 — voiceless sound (unvoiced kana, e.g., か, さ, た)
- 半濁音 — half-voiced sound (ぱ, ぴ, ぷ, ぺ, ぽ)
- 濁点 — dakuten, the ゛ mark
- 半濁点 — handakuten, the ゜ mark
- 連濁 — sequential voicing (voicing at compound boundaries)