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：2025/12/21
半母音
Hiragana
はんぼいん
Noun
obsolete
Japanese Meaning
半母音は、母音と子音の中間的な性質をもつ音で、調音上は母音に近いが、音節の核にはならず子音として働く音を指す。日本語では「や行」「わ行」の音（/j/、/w/ など）が典型的な半母音とされる。
Easy Japanese Meaning
あおおんややおんのように、いちおんのなかで、かたくてこえになりにくいおと
Chinese (Simplified)
（语音学、音系学）半元音 / （旧称）带半元音起始滑音的音拍
Sense（1）
(obsolete, phonology) a mora with a semivowel onglide, such as や (ya) or わ (wa)
Sense（2）
(phonetics, phonology) a semivowel
（ canonical ）
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana ）
Quizzes for review
(obsolete, phonology) a mora with a semivowel onglide, such as や (ya) or わ (wa) / (phonetics, phonology) a semivowel
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半母音
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This ancient document contains semi-vowels that are no longer used in modern Japanese.
This ancient document contains semi-vowels that are no longer used in modern Japanese.
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この古文書には、現代日本語にはもう使われない半母音が含まれています。
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