lion

(linguistics) the reading of a Japanese word written in kanji that is roughly based on the pronunciation of the kanji characters in the originating Chinese dialect at the time the word was introduced into Japanese

to use the on'yomi of a word, to read a word using the pronunciation based on the original Chinese pronunciation

The pronunciation of Chinese hanzi characters used in the Wú (Japanese 吳 (Go)) and Yuè (Japanese 越 (Etsu)) regions of China.

hot spring

pronunciation

Kan'on, a Sino-Japanese kanji pronunciation layer; based mainly on the Chinese pronunciation in use in the areas around Chang'an (around modern-day Xi'an) and Henan, as imported into Japanese in the Nara period and the early Heian period in Japanese history, and roughly from the late Tang Dynasty through the early Song Dynasty in Chinese history. The predominant layer used in Japanese today, as opposed to the other layers which are associated with restricted sets of words (Buddhism, etc.).

(historical) under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system, a position in the 陰陽寮 (On'yōryō) who specialized in Chinese-influenced astrology, cosmology, divination, and other occult practices

a practitioner of 陰陽道 (onmyōdō, “esoteric cosmology based on Chinese philosophy and traditional Japanese occult practices”)

(formal) sound; acoustics