sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
vocal sound; tone of voice
thunderous roar; roaring sound
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
pronunciation; production of sound
metallic sound; metallic clank
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
low noise (of a machine, appliance, etc.); silent (device)
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
(sound of one's) heartbeat
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
chord; "on" reading of a kanji
very loud volume; megavolume
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
low tone; bass; low voice
ultrasonic waves; ultrasound
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
musical note; note symbol; phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)
very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
sound source; sound generator; tone generator
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
high-pitched tone; soprano
loud sound; loud reverberation
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
interval; step; pitch; key
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)
reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
sound of operation; operation noise; running noise
exhaust sound; exhaust note
unvoiced consonant (except p) in Japanese
synthesized voice; synthesized speech
light music; popular music
to take the lead (of a group of people); to lead (a toast, cheer, etc.); to sing the leading notes of a song after which others join in
silencing (e.g. machine); muffling; muting (e.g. TV)
having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic
correspondence; news; letter; tidings
pleasant sound; crack (of a baseball bat); roar (of a motor)
stammering; stuttering; dysphemia
conservatory; conservatoire; music academy; music school; college of music
metre; rhythm; musical temperament
music school; music academy; conservatory
soundproofing; sound insulation
rhythm game (video game genre); music game
songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance
tone quality; sound quality
absolute pitch; perfect pitch
the Emperor's voice; beautiful voice; beautiful sound
ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone
sound of something falling
second (supplementary) sound channel
fricative; fricative consonant
sound recorder; tape recorder
tune; tone; intonation; melody; rhythm; harmony
sense of sound; sense of pitch
daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences
place where music lessons are given; music class; music school
mechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines
homophony; same pronunciation; unison; same pitch; (in) one voice; (speaking in) unison
voiced consonant in Japanese
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
voice recognition; speech recognition
to be off-pitch; to be off-key; to be out of tune
standard gojūon syllabary order (aiueo, etc.)
rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)
the world of music; the music world
unsophisticated palate; inability to discern good and bad flavours
highly directional microphone
sound pressure; acoustic pressure
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
spoken instructions (over the phone, etc.); voice assist; spoken directions
music industry; music business
audio tape; magnetic tape
(car) muffler; (piano) damper pedal; (gun) silencer
single sound; monosyllable; phone; monotone (harmonica, etc.)
radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)
on reading; on'yomi; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
noise barrier; soundproof wall; soundwall; sound barrier
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
dampening (sound); diminishing (chord, interval)
voice guidance; voice guide; audio guide; spoken instructions
music theory; musical theory
college of music; school of music; music college
mediant; baritone; contralto; medium tone; medium pitch
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
exquisite voice; exquisite music
taking the lead; leadership; leader; chorus leader
voice guidance; voice guide; audio guide; spoken instructions
speech output; voice output; audio output
program music; programme music
outdoor concert hall; band shell; bandstand
double-stopping (string instr.); double-stop; multiphonics (e.g. wind instr.)
sound of a word; sounds of speech; phoneme
music director; musical director
8th note; eighth note; quaver
number of syllabic sounds in a language
phonetic symbol; phonogram; phonetic script
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
treble; high singing voice
audio system; audio equipment
hold music; music on hold; hold tone
supersonic airliner (i.e. the Concorde)
sixteenth note; semiquaver
phonograph record; gramophone record
contracted sound; palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana); palatalized sound
kan-on; Han reading; on reading of a kanji based on Tang dynasty Chinese
modern music; contemporary music
geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese)
electric gramophone; record player
nasal voice; nasal stop; nasal occlusive; nasal
damper; mute (on musical instruments)
listening instrument; sound detector; sound locator; acoustic locator; hydrophone
speech synthesis; voice synthesis
dental; dental consonant; dental sound
sibilant; sibilant consonant
transliteration; phonetic representation of a foreign word using Chinese characters; reading aloud (for people with impaired vision)
transliteration; transcription
recording room; recording studio
sound of the sea; sound of the waves; sound of massed chanting of sutras, etc.
note name; pitch name; letter notation
homonymy; (two words) having the same pronunciation but bearing different meanings
go-on; Wu reading; on reading of a kanji based on 5th and 6th century Chinese
sound-producing organ (esp. of land-dwelling vertebrates and insects)
the sound of the kana "n"
rhythm game (video game genre); music game
acoustic material; acoustic absorbent material
looking up a word or kanji by its reading (rather than by its radical or stroke count); katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark
stuttering; stammering; dysphemia
tremolo; trill; vibratory sound; warble tone
fundamental tone; fundamental note
long-vowel mark; macron; long note
phonetic value; note value; time value
compound note (on a harmonica)
voiced nasal sound; nasal sonant
signal (sound); starting gun signal
outdoor concert hall; band shell; bandstand
tō-on; Tang reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
online music distribution
euphonic change of pronunciation; elision
mixing board (console, desk); (audio) mixer
noise barrier; soundproof wall; soundwall; sound barrier
correct Chinese (on) pronunciation of a character
homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form
kanji reading and meaning
(recorded) man-on-the-street interview
syllabary; phonetic symbol
simultaneous recording; synchronous recording
supersonic aircraft; supersonic plane
stop; stop consonant; occlusive
sounder (e.g. for a telegraph)
Ekadasamukha (eleven-faced Avalokitesvara)
32nd note; demisemiquaver
relative pitch; relative hearing
rale; rales; crackles; abnormal rattling sound in the lungs
acoustic engineering; acoustical engineering
traditional ballad sung wearing hanagasa (esp. Yamagata Pref.)
articulatory organ (i.e. the tongue, teeth, lips, etc.)
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
infra-sound; infrasound; low frequency sound
recording audio without consent; secret recording
Okinawan scale (hemitonic pentatonic scale: do, mi, fa, so, ti)
nasal sound change (generation of geminate consonant, primarily a geminate 't' from vowel stems ending in 'i')
ko-on; ancient reading; reading of a kanji based on Zhou, Han and Wei dynasty Chinese
daily life noise; (excessive) noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences
acoustic training; auditory training
long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
gurgle; sound of peristaltic activity
multiplex broadcast or transmission
music distribution service
narrative style of Bon dance song from eastern Osaka (often with improvised lyrics)
kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "on" readings (prior to the advent of kana)
damping; muffling; noise-reduction
sound-producing organ (i.e. speech organs of mammals, wings of insects)
visage; voice and countenance
heptatonic scale; seven note scale; heptachord
toilet device that plays a melody or flushing sound
the Japanese syllabary table
sound pressure level (usu. measured in decibel); SPL
acoustic signal; audible signal; audio signal
Pythagorean temperament; Pythagorean tuning
mimetic word (esp. in manga); onomatopoeic word
sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism)
nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i')
phonetic table (esp. that of Japanese)
combination tone (psychoacoustic phenomenon); difference tone
64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver
reading in unison; saying the same thing
tone language; tonal language
aspirate; aspirated consonant
aspirate; aspirated consonant
the sound of one hand clapping (a classic Zen koan)
long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds
(of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds
vaginal flatulence; flatus vaginalis
Japanese war tuba; pre-radar acoustic locator used by the Imperial Japanese Army
pronunciation of ha-column sounds in non-initial positions as wa-column sounds
fundamental tone; fundamental note
voice conferencing system
turn (melodic ornament); gruppetto
(of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)
recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)
musical accompaniment and sound effects (esp. in kabuki)
ANSER; Automatic Answer Network System for Electrical Request
phonetic change; change in sound; shift in sound; sound change
aeolian sound; eolian sound; aeolian tone
contamination noise; noise from contamination
phonemic system; phoneme system
phonetic transcription; phonetic notation
place of articulation; region of articulation; point of articulation
vocalization; vocalisation
voice processing technology
vowel stem verb; ichidan verb
ultrasonic generator; sonicator
voiceless retroflex plosive
Wu-dynasty reading of Chinese characters
depalatalization (e.g. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese); depalatalisation
phonetic symbol; phonogram
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
AWGN; additive white gaussian noise
writing palatalized sounds with a single kana character
click consonant; click; click sound; suction stop
kanji reading that has not been approved by the government (and is not to be taught in public schools)
unreleased stop; applosive
voice recognition; speech recognition
voice recognition technology
sound shift (esp. in historical kana); new pronunciation
audio equalizer circuit; sound equalizer circuit
popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)
contraction (in phonetics)
Tonmalerei (musical imagery); sound film
quiet PC; personal computer that makes little to no noise
ultrasonication; sonication; ultrasonic treatment
megaphone; speaking tube; sound box
telephone time-warning sound
professor specializing in the readings of kanji in classic Confucianist texts
audio equalizer; sound equalizer
augmented chord; augmented triad
medial; final-head (glide before the center vowel in Chinese)
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
speaker (stereo equipment, computer, etc.)
retroflex; retroflex consonant; retroflex sound
alveolar lateral approximant; clear l
diminished chord; diminished triad
SNR; signal to noise ratio
index listing kanji by their Chinese and Japanese pronunciations
using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning)
noise-induced hearing loss; NIHL
Hunmin-jongum; the Hankul (Hangul) alphabet (of Korea); the Onmun (Enmun)
euphonic change wherein some mora ('ku', 'gu', 'hi', 'bi' and 'mi') are pronounced 'u'
euphonic change wherein some mora ('ki', 'gi', 'shi' and 'ri') are pronounced 'i'
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
strongly pronounced consonant (esp. in Korean); tenseness
Bopomofo; Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan
sound-level meter; sound pressure meter
anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)
jion kanazukai (historical kana style for kanji on-yomi)
diacritical mark; diacritic
hemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing semitones)
foley artist; sound effects person
pseudonoise sequence; pn sequence
morphophonology; morphophonemics; morphonology
ritsu scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale primarily used in gagaku: re, mi, so, la, ti)
miyako-bushi scale (characteristic Japanese hemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, fa, la, ti, do)
supersonic transport; SST
ultrasonic test equipment
sonography; ultrasonography
mixing board (console, desk); (audio) mixer
labiodental; labiodental consonant
coronal; coronal consonant
Vietnamese reading (of Chinese characters)
ultrasonic test instrument
folk scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, so, la, ti, re)
recording disc (of the Imperial surrender message)
phonological alternation; sound alternation; phonetic alternation
sound system (of a language); phonological system
maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
Bopomofo; Zhuyin fuhao; Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan
tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
ultrasonic microscope; acoustic microscope