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voiced sound; voiced consonant
A speech sound produced with vibration of the vocal cords. In Japanese, the voiced consonants include the g, z, d, b, and n series, typically marked with the dakuten (゛) diacritic.
「が」は有声音だ。
"Ga" is a voiced sound.
日本語では濁点が有声音を示す。
In Japanese, the dakuten mark indicates a voiced sound.
有声音と無声音の区別は、外国語の発音を学ぶときに重要になる。
The distinction between voiced and voiceless sounds becomes important when learning foreign language pronunciation.
A compound of 有声 (voiced, having voice) and 音 (sound). In phonetics, voiced sounds are produced when the vocal cords vibrate during articulation.
JAPANESE VOICED CONSONANT SERIES:
- が行 (ga, gi, gu, ge, go): voiced velar
- ざ行 (za, ji, zu, ze, zo): voiced alveolar
- だ行 (da, ji, zu, de, do): voiced dental
- ば行 (ba, bi, bu, be, bo): voiced bilabial
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 有声音と無声音: voiced and voiceless sounds
- 有声音に変わる: to become voiced (voicing)
- 有声音の発音: pronunciation of voiced sounds
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 無声音: voiceless sound — the opposite; produced without vocal cord vibration
- 濁音: voiced kana — the kana-specific term for sounds marked with dakuten
- 清音: voiceless kana — the kana-specific term for basic unmarked sounds