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Rendaku (連濁; Japanese pronunciation: , lit. 'sequential voicing') is a pronunciation change seen in the middle of some compound words in Japanese. It replaces a voiceless consonant, such as /k s t h/, with a voiced consonant, such as /ɡ z d b/. Rendaku modifies the consonant at the start of the second (or later) part of the compound. For example, the…
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japanese compound element second voiced consonant compounds voicing obstruent law sino-japanese phoneme words lyman's word one isbn voiceless morpheme first
TTTA extracted 317 structured relationships around Rendaku. Examples in this analysis include Rendaku → is a → etymological source or lexical stratum of the second element of the compound and Rendaku → is a → greater potential for it to cause homophony in this context. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rendaku | is a | etymological source or lexical stratum of the second element of the compound | 0.90 | text |
| Rendaku | is a | greater potential for it to cause homophony in this context | 0.90 | text |
| nadori | instance of | This is shown by the use of forms | 0.80 | text |
| sode | instance of | as demonstrated by examples | 0.80 | text |
| tsuno | instance of | This is indicated by the lack of rendaku in examples | 0.80 | text |
| roji | instance of | the use of the voiced pronunciation in compounds | 0.80 | text |
| 東国 tōgoku | instance of | The relevant context is forms | 0.80 | text |
| the following | instance of | The branching constraint is intended to explain the contrasting behavior of examples | 0.80 | text |
| hatsu kao awase is analyzed as a consequence of kao coming at the start of a prosodic word | instance of | the lack of rendaku in right-branching compounds | 0.80 | text |
| musibamu 'to corrupt'.No comparable effect is seen with other consonant sounds that undergo rendaku | instance of | which undergo rendaku even in cases | 0.80 | text |
| since they retain the same place of articulation after the change | instance of | which undergo rendaku even in cases | 0.80 | text |
| Rendaku | has effect | For | 0.60 | section |
The concept neighborhoods around Rendaku bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Element, Second and Voiced. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Rendaku, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Rendaku with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Rendaku to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Rendaku · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout