直音化

ちょくおんか

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb depalatalization (e.g. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese); depalatalisation (e.g. conversion of きゃ to か) See also: 拗音 (ようおん).

Kanji

• 直 straight. Read as チョク.
• 音 sound. Read as オン.
• 化 transform. Read as カ.

Word lists

• Linguistics

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists