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(phonetics) An indeterminate central vowel sound as the a in about, represented as /ə/ in IPA. / The character ə.

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schwa

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Source Word

schwa

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ʃwɑ/

Japanese Meaning

（音声学）中性母音。英語では、たとえば “about” の “a” のような曖昧な中央母音を指し、IPAでは /ə/ と表記される。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

多くの学習者は、速い話し方の中に現れる無強勢の中央母音（「about」や「sofa」のような一般的な語に見られる）を聞き取るのに苦労する。

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(phonetics) An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.

The participle has also, owing to the accent, the lightest possible forms; but here there was no reduplication, and so in class I. the "schwa" took the form e before single mutes or fricatives, and elsewhere o.

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The character ə.

schwas

（ plural ）

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