Words

Question 1

清音

Answer 1

せいおん: (unvoiced consonant)

Question 2

濁音

Answer 2

だくおん Voiced Consonant

Question 3

半濁音

Answer 3

はんだくおん (p-sound consonant)

Question 4

拗音

Answer 4

ようおん (palatalised sound)

Question 5

促音

Answer 5

そくおん (geminate consonant)

Question 6

撥音

Answer 6

はつおん( kana ‘n’)

Question 7

談話

Answer 7

だんわ(discourse）

Question 8

対話

Answer 8

たいわ(conversation)

Question 9

高低アクセント

Answer 9

こうてい・アクセント　（pitch accent)

Question 10

強弱アクセント

Answer 10

きょうじゃく・(stress accent)

Question 11

無声音化

Answer 11

(devoicing)

Question 12

有声の子音

Answer 12

(voiced consonants)

Question 13

無声音

Answer 13

(voiceless)

Question 14

母音

Answer 14

vowels)

Question 15

長音

Answer 15

ちょうおん・long vowels

Question 16

象形

Answer 16

しょうけい・kanji representing pictures

Question 17

指事

Answer 17

しじ/ kanji with a logical representation of an abstract idea

Question 18

会意

Answer 18

かいい・compound idograph formation of kanij

eg. 明

Question 19

形声

Answer 19

けいせい・kanji consisting of a semantic and phonetic element

Question 20

転注

Answer 20

てんちゅう・when a kanji is used to extend its idograph/meaning for a word with similar menaing, but usually has a differernt pronunciation

Question 21

仮借

Answer 21

かしゃ・かしゃく・when there is no Kanji to represent a word, adopt an existing kanji that has the same or similar pronunciation (these contribute sound only)

Question 22

当て字

Answer 22

あてじ・adopt a kanji to represent sound of words

Question 23

音読み

Answer 23

おんよみ

Question 24

訓読み

Answer 24

くんよみ

Question 25

呉音

Answer 25

ごおん・earlyer reading of kanji

-based on system of south-china

Question 26

漢音

Answer 26

かんおん・later reading,

-based on the sound system of north china

Question 27

重箱

Answer 27

じゅうばこ

Question 28

湯桶

Answer 28

ゆとう