音便

音便

Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	便
おん Grade: 1	びん Grade: 4
kan’yōon

Pronunciation

• Kan’yōyomi
  • (Tokyo) おんびん [òńbíń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [õ̞mbʲĩɴ]

Noun

音便 (hiragana おんびん, rōmaji onbin)

1. a euphonic change (in the pronunciation of a word); euphony

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading

• Japanese grammar#Euphonic changes (音便 onbin) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia