Vocab Info
N1 Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb
連濁euphonic change of unvoiced to voiced sound (on the first consonant of the non-initial mora of a compound)
Dictionary Definition
Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb
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】
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く
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Examples
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国語の授業で連濁について習う。
To learn about rendaku in Japanese class.
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連濁は合成語を発するときに起きる現象だ。
Rendaku is a phenomenon that occurs when pronouncing compound words.
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合成語の語頭の清音が濁音に変わる現象が連濁です。
Rendaku is the phenomenon in which an unvoiced sound at the beginning of a compound word becomes voiced.
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連濁が発生するメカニズムについて言語学の授業で学んだ。
I learned about the mechanism by which rendaku occurs in linguistics class.
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国語の授業で連濁が発生する複合語を考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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