voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
thunderous roar; roaring sound
sound of voice; vocal 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
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
heart sound; cardiac sound
sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
very loud volume; megavolume
chord; customary "on" reading (of a kanji) used in Japanese (as opposed to those derived from Chinese); (arch.) Wu reading (of a kanji; as opposed to a Han reading)
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
light music; popular music
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
low tone; bass; low voice
ultrasonic waves; ultrasound
sound wave; acoustic wave
very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound
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)
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
sound source; sound generator; tone generator; audio; audio file; recording
high-pitched tone; soprano
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)
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
loud sound; loud reverberation
tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate
interval; step; pitch; key
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
exhaust sound; exhaust note
reading aloud; reading (a kanji) by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
sound of operation; operation noise; running noise
arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)
low noise (of a machine, appliance, etc.); silent (device)
synthesized voice; synthesized speech
syllable with an unvoiced consonant (except "p"; in Japanese); syllable written without a dakuten or handakuten; clear sound
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 (a machine, gun, etc.); muffling; muting (e.g. a TV)
having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic
pleasant sound; pleasing sound; crack (of a baseball bat); (pleasant) roar (of an engine)
correspondence; news; letter; tidings
range (of a voice or instrument); register; compass
stammering; stuttering; dysphemia
conservatory; conservatoire; music academy; music school; college of music
soundproofing; sound insulation
metre; rhythm; musical temperament
music school; music academy; conservatory
songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance
tone quality; sound quality
ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone
absolute pitch; perfect pitch
second (supplementary) sound channel
the Emperor's voice; beautiful voice; beautiful sound
sound of something falling
fricative; fricative consonant
phoneme; vocal sound; tone (quality); initial and final (in Chinese syllable structure)
daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences
sound recorder; tape recorder
sense of pitch; ear for music
tune; tone; intonation; melody; rhythm; harmony
mechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines
place where music lessons are given; music class; music school
syllable with a voiced consonant (in Japanese); voiced sound
rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)
homophony; same pronunciation; unison; same pitch; (in) one voice; (speaking in) unison
standard gojūon syllabary order (beginning with aiueo)
voice recognition; speech recognition
to be off-pitch; to be off-key; to be out of tune
semitone; half step; halftone
unsophisticated palate; inability to discern good and bad flavours
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
the world of music; the music world
sound pressure; acoustic pressure
highly directional microphone
(sound of a) voice; gagaku instrumental music
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
single sound; monosyllable; phone; monotone (harmonica, etc.)
squeal (of tires or train wheels)
music industry; music business
spoken instructions (over the phone, etc.); voice assist; spoken directions
audio tape; magnetic tape
(car) muffler; (piano) damper pedal; (gun) silencer
(harmonic) overtone; harmonic; harmonic partial
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
taking the lead; leadership; leader; chorus leader
mediant; baritone; contralto; medium tone; medium pitch
long sound; prolonged sound; long vowel
Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
exquisite voice; exquisite music
speech output; voice output; audio output
bleep (esp. for censoring); beep
outdoor concert hall; band shell; bandstand
program music; programme music
acoustic weapon; sonic weapon
voice guidance; voice guide; audio guide; spoken instructions
phonetic symbol; phonogram; phonetic script
soundprint; sound print; acoustic signature
music director; musical director
ultrasound examination; ultrasound scan; ultrasonography
double-stopping (string instr.); double-stop; multiphonics (e.g. wind instr.)
sound of a word; sounds of speech; phoneme
number of syllabic sounds in a language
audio system; audio equipment
8th note; eighth note; quaver
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
treble; high singing voice
shrill sound; piercing sound; high-pitched grating noise
hold music; music on hold; hold tone
screamer bomb; sound bomb
supersonic airliner (i.e. the Concorde)
stereophonic sound; three-dimensional sound; spatial audio
sixteenth note; semiquaver
phonograph record; gramophone record
mosquito tone (high frequency sound inaudible to most adults)
articulation; tuning (a musical instrument)
speech synthesis; voice synthesis
combination tone; resultant tone
geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese)
kan-on; Han reading; on reading of a kanji based on Tang dynasty Chinese
modern music; contemporary music
contracted sound; palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana); palatalized sound
electric gramophone; record player
nasal voice; nasal stop; nasal occlusive; nasal
listening instrument; sound detector; sound locator; acoustic locator; hydrophone
(alveolar) flap; (alveolar) tap
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)
note name; pitch name; letter notation
transliteration; transcription
recording room; recording studio
syllable with a "p" sound (in Japanese)
go-on; Wu reading; on reading of a kanji based on 5th and 6th century Chinese
acoustic material; acoustic absorbent material
sound of the sea; sound of the waves; sound of massed chanting of sutras, etc.
ultrasonography; ultrasound
homophony (having the same pronunciation as another word but a different meaning); homonymy
sound-producing organ (esp. of land-dwelling vertebrates and insects)
faint sound; slight noise
tone row; note row; series
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
online music distribution
tremolo; trill; vibratory sound; warble tone
sound capture; sound pickup
fundamental tone; fundamental note
long-vowel mark; macron; long note
audio editing (to remove noise, adjust volume, etc.); audio post-production; voicing (adjustment of a piano's tone by manipulating the felt of the hammers)
phonetic value; note value; time value
compound note (on a harmonica)
music of the classical period
voiced nasal sound; nasal sonant
signal (sound); starting gun signal
outdoor concert hall; band shell; bandstand
euphonic change of pronunciation; elision
mixing board (console, desk); (audio) mixer
stun grenade (esp. the M84 stun grenade); flashbang
tō-on; Tang reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
syllabic nasal (in Japanese)
noise barrier; soundproof wall; soundwall; sound barrier
correct Chinese (on) pronunciation of a character
homophony (having the same pronunciation as another word but a different written form); heterography
kanji reading and meaning
(recorded) man-on-the-street interview
diaphone; assonance; similar sound
college of music; school of music; music college
syllabary; phonetic symbol
simultaneous recording (of image and sound); synchronous recording
oral consonant (as opposed to nasal)
traditional ballad sung wearing hanagasa (esp. Yamagata Pref.)
supersonic aircraft; supersonic plane
stop; stop consonant; occlusive
sounder (e.g. for a telegraph)
Kunitachi College of Music (abbr)
Ekadasamukha (eleven-faced Avalokitesvara)
32nd note; demisemiquaver
rale; rales; crackles; abnormal rattling sound in the lungs
click consonant; click; click sound; suction stop
acoustic engineering; acoustical engineering
articulatory organ (i.e. the tongue, teeth, lips, etc.)
articulation disorder; dysarthria
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
the sound of one hand clapping (a classic Zen koan)
Kunitachi College of Music
Japan Society for Contemporary Music; JSCM
sound-perceiving apparatus (of the ear); sensorineural apparatus
daily life noise; (excessive) noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences
sound used for censoring words or phrases (on TV, radio, etc.); bleep censor
acoustic training; auditory training
long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
gurgle; sound of peristaltic activity
sensorineural hearing loss; sensorineural deafness; SNHL
multiplex broadcast or transmission
phonological system; phoneme system
(online) music distribution service; music streaming 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)
Received Pronunciation; RP
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)
64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver
reading in unison; saying the same thing
tone language; tonal language
aspirate; aspirated consonant
aspirate; aspirated consonant
Phonetic Society of Japan
Elisabeth University of Music
Japan Association of Music Enterprises
Musicological Society of Japan; MSJ
long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds
interactive voice response; IVR
Japan Association of Music Enterprises (abbr); JAME
(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
Jeunesses Musicales du Japan
Japanese Society for Music Perception and Cognition; JSMPC
vaginal flatulence; flatus vaginalis
aerodynamic sound; aerodynamic noise
National Music Publishers' Association; NMPA
polyphony (of an electronic keyboard or synthesizer)
sound of a moving train or road vehicle
sharp or flat note; non-natural note
Japanese Music Education Society; JMES
Japanese war tuba; pre-radar acoustic locator used by the Imperial Japanese Army
The Federation of Music Producers Japan
pronunciation of ha-column sounds in non-initial positions as wa-column sounds
Japan Music Education Association
fundamental tone; fundamental note
Senzoku Gakuen College of Music
voice conferencing system
turn (melodic ornament); gruppetto
International Phonetic Association
(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)
Musashino Academia Musicae
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
contracted sound; palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana); palatalized sound
phonetic transcription; phonetic notation
phonemic system; phoneme system
International Musicological Society
aeolian sound; eolian sound; aeolian tone
contamination noise; noise from contamination
place of articulation; region of articulation; point of articulation
Toho Junior College of Music
vocalization; vocalisation
voice processing technology
whistling rale; piping rale; whistling chest sound
voiceless retroflex plosive
vowel stem verb; ichidan verb
ultrasonic generator; sonicator
reading that differs from the expected one (for a given kanji)
Wu dynasty reading of Chinese characters
sensorineural hearing loss; sensorineural deafness; SNHL
depalatalization (e.g. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese); depalatalisation
phonetic symbol; phonogram
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
audio response unit; voice response unit
International Society for Contemporary Music; ISCM
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
AWGN; additive white gaussian noise
sound absorption; sound insulating properties
writing palatalized sounds with a single kana character
speed warning sound (esp. ones formerly fitted to Japanese automobiles); speed warning chime
kanji reading that has not been approved by the government (and is not to be taught in public schools)
voice recognition technology
unreleased stop; applosive
Federation of International Musicians
voice recognition; speech recognition
Marine Acoustics Society of Japan
sound shift (esp. in historical kana); new pronunciation
International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres; IAML
audio equalizer circuit; sound equalizer circuit
popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)
glottal stop; glottal plosive
The Federation of Music Producers Japan (abbr); FMJ
contraction (in phonetics)
breath sounds; respiratory sounds
ultrasonication; sonication; ultrasonic treatment
quiet PC; personal computer that makes little to no noise
Tonmalerei (musical imagery); sound film
glottal stop; glottal plosive
sound-conducting apparatus (of the ear); conductive apparatus
telephone time-warning sound
professor specializing in the readings of kanji in classic Confucianist texts
strange noise; mysterious sound
sound-making object (other than musical instruments); sound-producing tool
audio equalizer; sound equalizer
voiced bilabial plosive; voiced bilabial stop
augmented chord; augmented triad
medial; final-head (glide before the center vowel in Chinese)
diminished chord; diminished triad
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
phonology (in Chomsky and Halle's system); sound pattern theory
voiced bilabial stop; voiced bilabial plosive
retroflex; retroflex consonant; retroflex sound
alveolar lateral approximant; clear l
theory that each sound in Japanese is associated with a certain meaning
SNR; signal to noise ratio
sympathetic sound; resonance; sonorant; resonant
index listing kanji by their Chinese and Japanese pronunciations
noise-induced hearing loss; NIHL
polysyllabic word; polysyllable
using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning)
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'
Sino-Japanese word; word using Chinese-derived readings
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
demo recording; demo track
strongly pronounced consonant (esp. in Korean); tenseness
bad news (esp. of a death)
Ein Musikalischer Spaß (Mozart); A Musical Joke
Institute of Sound Technics; IST
echocardiography; cardiac ultrasound
Bopomofo; Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan
natural note (i.e. not sharp or flat); natural tone
sound-level meter; sound pressure meter
jion kanazukai (historical kana style for kanji on-yomi)
anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)
diacritical mark; diacritic
laminal consonant; laminal
hemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing semitones)
carotid ultrasonography; carotid ultrasound
foley artist; sound effects person
pseudonoise sequence; pn sequence
morphophonology; morphophonemics; morphonology
hypersonic glide vehicle; hypersonic glide weapon
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)
ultrasonic test equipment
supersonic transport; SST
ultrasonography; sonography
mixing board (console, desk); (audio) mixer
labiodental; labiodental consonant
coronal; coronal consonant
ultrasound technician; sonographer
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)
apical consonant; apical; apex
phonological alternation; sound alternation; phonetic alternation
sound system (of a language); phonological system
handakuten; diacritic used with kana that turns an "h" sound into a "p" sound
Bopomofo (Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan); Zhuyin fuhao
tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
ultrasonic microscope; acoustic microscope