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拗音

Reading

Kana: ようおん
Romaji: youon
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

contracted sound; palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana)

(Linguistics terminology)
Note: e.g. きゃ

Kanji

Readings: オウ、 ヨウ、 イク、 ユウ、 ねじ.れる、 こじ.れる、 す.ねる、 ねじ.ける
Meanings: crooked, twisted, distorted, perverted, cross
Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね
Meanings: sound, noise

Example Sentence

拗音(ようおん)(ゃ ゅ ょ)と促音(そくおん)(っ)の()(かた)も、(くわ)えていただけると参考(さんこう)になるかもしれません。
➥I think it might be useful if you could add how to output the diphthongs (with small ya/yu/yo) and geminate consonants (with small tsu).
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