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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)

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    連濁 【れんだく】

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

      To learn about rendaku in Japanese class.

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    • 連濁(れんだく)合成(ごうせい)()(はっ)するときに()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)()語頭(ごとう)清音(せいおん)濁音(だくおん)()わる現象(げんしょう)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)発生(はっせい)するメカニズムについて言語(げんご)(がく)授業(じゅぎょう)(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)授業(じゅぎょう)連濁(れんだく)発生(はっせい)する複合語(ふくごうご)(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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