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(linguistics, phonology) The hiatus between prosodic units, e.g. at the end of a sentence.

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pausa

Source Word

pausa

uncountable

(linguistics, phonology) The hiatus between prosodic units, e.g. at the end of a sentence.

Japanese Meaning

韻律的単位の間の休止、区切り / 文章末やフレーズ間の一時的な中断

In her transcription, she marked a clear pausa at the end of each intonational phrase.

彼女の書き起こしでは、各イントネーショナル・フレーズの末尾に明確な休止が記されていた。

Sense（1）

(linguistics, phonology) The hiatus between prosodic units, e.g. at the end of a sentence.

The rule is that in the pausa a word must never end on a short vowel, but it may do so in the context.