noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

noun:

• walking sound; footsteps

noun:

• pentatonic scale

noun:

• Pinyin; Chinese romanization system - From Chinese

noun:

• root (of a chord) - Music term

noun:

• sound of rainfall

noun:

• tonic; keynote - Music term

noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

noun:

• sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism) ➜ 唐音【とうおん】・宋【そう】

noun:

• a sweet voice

noun:

• voiced consonant in Japanese - Linguistics term ➜ 清音・半濁音・濁点

noun:

• distant sound

noun:

• mediant - Music term
• baritone; contralto
• medium tone; medium pitch

noun:

• overtone - Music term

noun:

• sound of water

noun:

• contracted sound; palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana) - e.g. きゃ - Linguistics term

noun:

• stridor

~の noun:

• stridulous

noun:

• imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect

noun:

• sound when stopping the blade of a sword with the guard

noun:

• compound note (on a harmonica) - Music term ➜ 単音【たんおん】

noun:

• turn (melodic ornament); gruppetto

noun / ~の noun:

• vocal sound; tone of voice

noun:

• using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning) ➜ 万葉仮名

noun / ~の noun:

• hearing

noun / ~の noun:

• dental; dental consonant; dental sound - Linguistics term