"無声" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [mɯ̟se̞ː] Forms: 無声 [canonical] (ruby: (), (せい)), musei [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 無 (mu, “not, non-, without”) + 声 (sei, “voice”). Etymology templates: {{com|ja|無|声|t1=not, non-, without|t2=voice|tr1=mu|tr2=sei}} 無 (mu, “not, non-, without”) + 声 (sei, “voice”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|むせい}} 無(む)声(せい) • (musei)
  1. (phonetics) voiceless Derived forms: 無声音 (museion) (ruby: 無声音(むせいおん)) (english: voiceless sound, voiceless pronunciation), 無声子音 (musei shiin) (ruby: 無声子音(むせいしいん)) (english: voiceless consonant) Related terms: 有気 (yūki) (ruby: 有気(ゆうき)) (english: aspiration, aspirated), 無気 (muki) (ruby: 無気(むき)) (english: non-aspiration, unaspirated)
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      "english": "(noun) sonant, vocal, phonic",
      "roman": "yūsei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "有声",
          "ゆうせい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "有声"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "ja",
        "2": "無",
        "3": "声",
        "t1": "not, non-, without",
        "t2": "voice",
        "tr1": "mu",
        "tr2": "sei"
      },
      "expansion": "無 (mu, “not, non-, without”) + 声 (sei, “voice”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 無 (mu, “not, non-, without”) + 声 (sei, “voice”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "無声",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "声",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "musei",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むせい"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む)声(せい) • (musei)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "english": "voiceless sound, voiceless pronunciation",
          "roman": "museion",
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              "無声音",
              "むせいおん"
            ]
          ],
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        },
        {
          "english": "voiceless consonant",
          "roman": "musei shiin",
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              "無声子音",
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        "(phonetics) voiceless"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "aspiration, aspirated",
          "roman": "yūki",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "有気",
              "ゆうき"
            ]
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        },
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          "english": "non-aspiration, unaspirated",
          "roman": "muki",
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            [
              "無気",
              "むき"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "無気"
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        "phonetics",
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        "sciences"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟se̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無声"
}
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    {
      "english": "(noun) sonant, vocal, phonic",
      "roman": "yūsei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "有声",
          "ゆうせい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "有声"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "english": "voiceless sound, voiceless pronunciation",
      "roman": "museion",
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        [
          "無声音",
          "むせいおん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無声音"
    },
    {
      "english": "voiceless consonant",
      "roman": "musei shiin",
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        [
          "無声子音",
          "むせいしいん"
        ]
      ],
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        "2": "無",
        "3": "声",
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        "t2": "voice",
        "tr1": "mu",
        "tr2": "sei"
      },
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      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 無 (mu, “not, non-, without”) + 声 (sei, “voice”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "無声",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "声",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "musei",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "english": "aspiration, aspirated",
      "roman": "yūki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "有気",
          "ゆうき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "有気"
    },
    {
      "english": "non-aspiration, unaspirated",
      "roman": "muki",
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        [
          "無気",
          "むき"
        ]
      ],
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    }
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        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "ja:Phonetics"
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      "glosses": [
        "voiceless"
      ],
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        [
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        ],
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          "voiceless",
          "voiceless"
        ]
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        "(phonetics) voiceless"
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟se̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無声"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 無声 meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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