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1 exact word match found in search '直音'
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noun
single-kana sound
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2 words found beginning with '直音'
noun
writing palatalized sounds with a single kana character  (e.g. しゃ, しゅ, しょ as さ, す, そ, common in Middle Japanese literature; linguistics terminology)
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depalatalization (e.g.. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese); depalatalisation  (see also: 拗音:ようおん; e.g. conversion of きゃ to か; linguistics terminology; obscure term)
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1 word found containing '直音' in any position
noun
writing palatalized sounds with a single kana character  (e.g. しゃ, しゅ, しょ as さ, す, そ, common in Middle Japanese literature; linguistics terminology)
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