発音|はつおんhatsuon[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbpronunciation
    あなたのお名前なまえはどのように発音はつおんするのですか。↗
    How do you pronounce your name?
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbproduction of sound
Conjugation
Dictionary form発音する(はつおんする)
Polite (masu)発音します(はつおんします)
Negative (nai)発音しない(はつおんしない)
polite (masen)発音しません(はつおんしません)
classical zu / nu発音せず・発音せぬ(はつおんせず・はつおんせぬ)
Past (ta)発音した(はつおんした)
polite (mashita)発音しました(はつおんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)発音しなかった(はつおんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)発音しませんでした(はつおんしませんでした)
Te form発音して(はつおんして)
Potential発音できる(はつおんできる)
Passive発音される(はつおんされる)
Causative発音させる(はつおんさせる)
Causative passive発音させられる(はつおんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)発音すれば(はつおんすれば)
tara発音したら(はつおんしたら)
Volitional発音しよう(はつおんしよう)
polite (mashou)発音しましょう(はつおんしましょう)
Imperative発音しろ(はつおんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym構音こうおんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A speech-therapy term for forming sounds with the mouth and tongue, as in 「構音障害」.
  • Synonym調音ちょうおんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A phonetics term for the articulatory movements of the speech organs; it can also mean tuning a musical instrument.
  • Related発語はつごWrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to the act of speaking or a word that opens a sentence; it centres on producing speech, not on how accurately sounds are made.

Default to 「発音」 for pronunciation. Use 「発語」 for the act of speaking, 「構音」 in speech-therapy contexts such as 「構音障害」, and 「調音」 in phonetics.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 言語げんご音おんを発はっすること。また、発はっせられた言語げんご音おん。
Kanji in this word
English equivalents
See also

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