Vocab Info

N1 Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb

連濁(れんだく)euphonic change of unvoiced to voiced sound (on the first consonant of the non-initial mora of a compound)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb

      1. 1.

        rendaku, sequential voicing, in Japanese, an unvoiced sound becoming voiced when it is the initial consonant of the non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word

        e.g. はな (花) + ひ (火) → はなび (花火)

    All Forms

    連濁 【れんだく】

    Details

      • れ

      • ん

      • だ

      • く

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    Examples

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    • 国語(こくご)の授業(じゅぎょう)で連濁(れんだく)について習(なら)う。

      To learn about rendaku in Japanese class.

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    • 連濁(れんだく)は合成(ごうせい)語(ご)を発(はっ)するときに起(お)きる現象(げんしょう)だ。

      Rendaku is a phenomenon that occurs when pronouncing compound words.

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    • 合成(ごうせい)語(ご)の語頭(ごとう)の清音(せいおん)が濁音(だくおん)に変(か)わる現象(げんしょう)が連濁(れんだく)です。

      Rendaku is the phenomenon in which an unvoiced sound at the beginning of a compound word becomes voiced.

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    • 連濁(れんだく)が発生(はっせい)するメカニズムについて言語(げんご)学(がく)の授業(じゅぎょう)で学(まな)んだ。

      I learned about the mechanism by which rendaku occurs in linguistics class.

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    • 国語(こくご)の授業(じゅぎょう)で連濁(れんだく)が発生(はっせい)する複合語(ふくごうご)を考(かんが)えるアクティビティをした。

      In Japanese class, we did an activity where we thought of compound words that undergo rendaku.

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