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voiceless sound; voiceless consonant
A speech sound produced without vibration of the vocal cords. In Japanese, the voiceless consonants include the k, s, t, h, and p series, written with basic kana without diacritical marks.
「か」は無声音だ。
"Ka" is a voiceless sound.
英語の「p」と「b」は無声音と有声音の対だ。
The English "p" and "b" are a pair of voiceless and voiced sounds.
日本語では母音に挟まれた無声音が有声化することがある。
In Japanese, voiceless sounds between vowels sometimes become voiced.
A compound of 無声 (voiceless, without voice) and 音 (sound). The antonym of 有声音 (voiced sound). Voiceless sounds are produced by airflow through the mouth without the vocal cords vibrating.
JAPANESE VOICELESS CONSONANT SERIES:
- か行 (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko): voiceless velar
- さ行 (sa, shi, su, se, so): voiceless alveolar
- た行 (ta, chi, tsu, te, to): voiceless dental
- は行 (ha, hi, fu, he, ho): voiceless glottal/bilabial
- ぱ行 (pa, pi, pu, pe, po): voiceless bilabial
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 無声音の子音: voiceless consonant
- 無声音と有声音: voiceless and voiced sounds
- 無声破裂音: voiceless plosive
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 有声音: voiced sound — the opposite; produced with vocal cord vibration
- 清音: voiceless kana — the traditional Japanese term for basic unmarked kana
- 濁音: voiced kana — kana marked with dakuten