ん

/r-/ → /r/ → /n/, /ŋ/
Regular contraction of various morae preceding another mora starting with a nasalized consonant, such as /n/ or /d/. This contracted form is considered informal.

家に帰らなきゃ。 → 家に帰んなきゃ。

涙が止まらない → 涙が止まんない

namida ga tomaranai → namida ga tomannai

入りなさい！ → 入んなさい！

何しているの？ → 何してるの？ → 何してんの？

Nani shite iru no? → Nani shiteru no? → Nani shiten no?

What are you doing? → What ya doing? → What'cha doin'?

ふざけるな！→ふざけんな！

気にするな → 気にすんな

信じられない。 → 信じらんない。

それで→そんで

色々な物。 → 色んな物。


っ

Small form of the hiragana character つ (tsu).

Hira-small

いっぱい (ippai)

もっと (motto)

すっぱい (suppai)

おっぱい (oppai)

やってくる (yattekuru)

The そくおん (sokuon): a small form of つ (tsu). In romanization, this is represented by doubling the following consonant. The equivalent in katakana is ッ.

あっ！


ッ

アッ！

サッカー

The sokuon: a small form of ツ (tsu). In romanization, this is represented by doubling the following consonant. The equivalent in hiragana is っ.

(Internet slang) Used to emphasize a letter at the end of a word.


ー

The long-vowel mark, which marks a long vowel in katakana (and less commonly in hiragana) when placed after a syllable.


ゃ

Small form of the hiragana character や (ya).

Combining form of や, used in yōon mora (拗音) that end in the a sound.


ぁ

Small form of the hiragana character あ (a).

ふぁ - the sound [ɸa] rather than [ɸu] (ふ) or [ha] (は)

ふぁん - transliteration of English fan


ィ

Small form of the katakana character イ (i).

Kana-small

フィ - the sound [ɸi] rather than [ɸu] (フ) or [çi] (ヒ)

フィギュア - transliteration of English figure

Small combining form of katakana イ (i) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous katakana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.


ょ

Small form of the hiragana character よ (yo).

Hira-small

Small combining form of hiragana よ (yo) used in 拗音 (yōon) morae that end in o, such as しょ (sho), ちょ (cho), and きょ (kyo). Historically not distinguished from full-size version.


ゅ

Small form of the hiragana character ゆ (yu).

Small combining form of hiragana ゆ (yu) used in 拗音 (yōon) morae that end in u, such as しゅ (shu), ちゅ (chu), and きゅ (kyu). Historically not distinguished from full-size version.


ゎ

Small form of the hiragana character わ (wa).

くゎんおん くゎんおん#Japanese

Small combining form of hiragana わ (wa) used in the archaic 拗音 (yōon) morae くゎ (kwa) and ぐゎ (gwa), for instance in the name くゎんおん (Kwan'on). Historically it was not distinguished from the full-size version; in modern language the sound has generally simplified to か (ka) or が (ga).


ョ

Small form of the katakana character ヨ (yo).

Kana-small

Small combining form of katakana ヨ (yo) used in 拗音 (yōon) morae that end in o, such as ショ (sho), チョ (cho), and キョ (kyo). Historically not distinguished from full-size version.


ャ

Small form of the katakana character ヤ (ya).

Small combining form of katakana ヤ (ya) used in 拗音 (yōon) morae that end in a, such as シャ (sha), チャ (cha), and キャ (kya). Historically not distinguished from full-size version.


ぉ

Small form of the hiragana character お (o).

Hira-small

ふぉ - the sound [ɸo] rather than [ɸu] (ふ) or [ho] (ほ)

しふぉん - transliteration of French chiffon

Small combining form of hiragana お (o) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous hiragana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.


ぃ

Small form of the hiragana character い (i).

ふぃ - the sound [ɸi] rather than [ɸu] (ふ) or [çi] (ひ)

Small combining form of hiragana い (i) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous hiragana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.


ぇ

Small form of the hiragana character え (e).

ちぇ - the sound [tɕe] rather than [tɕi] (ち) or [te] (て)

ちぇんじ - transliteration of English change

Small combining form of hiragana え (e) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous hiragana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.


ュ

Small form of the katakana character ユ (yu).

Kana-small

Small combining form of katakana ユ (yu) used in 拗音 (yōon) morae that end in u, such as シュ (shu), チュ (chu), and キュ (kyu). Historically not distinguished from full-size version.


ゥ

Small form of the katakana character ウ (u).

ドゥ - the sound [du] rather than [dzu] (ヅ) or [do] (ド)

Small combining form of katakana ウ (u) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous katakana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.


ぅ

Small form of the hiragana character う (u).

Hira-small

どぅ - the sound [du] rather than [do] (ど) or [(d)zu] (づ)

ですぅ - specifies that the final u in です (desu) should not be silent

ですぅぅぅ - specifies that the final u in です (desu) should be very long

Small combining form of hiragana う (u) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous hiragana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.


ォ

Small form of the katakana character オ (o).

Kana-small

フォ - the sound [ɸo] rather than [ɸu] (フ) or [ho] (ホ)

シフォン - transliteration of French chiffon

Small combining form of katakana オ (o) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous katakana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.


ァ

Small form of the katakana character ア (a).

ファ - the sound [ɸa] rather than [ɸu] (フ) or [ha] (ハ)

ファン - transliteration of English fan

Small combining form of katakana ア (a) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous katakana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.


ェ

Small form of the katakana character エ (e).

チェ - the sound [tɕe] rather than [tɕi] (チ) or [te] (テ)

チェンジ - transliteration of English change

Small combining form of katakana エ (e) used to explicitly specify the vowel part of the previous katakana character, or to show a speaker's pronunciation or extension of that vowel.


ヮ

Small form of the katakana character ワ (wa).

Small combining form of katakana ワ (wa) used in the archaic 拗音 (yōon) morae クァ (kwa) and グァ (gwa). Historically it was not distinguished from the full-size version; in modern language the sound has generally simplified to カ (ka) or ガ (ga).


ゖ

The hiragana ゔ, ゕ, and ゖ were introduced for hiragana-katakana correspondence with ヴ, ヵ, and ヶ in the Japanese input method in Fujitsu OASYS and then registered in JIS X 0213.

(rare) Alternative form of ヶ with no meaningful usage.


ゕ

Small form of the hiragana character か (ka). The hiragana ゔ, ゕ, and ゖ were introduced for hiragana-katakana correspondence with ヴ, ヵ, and ヶ in the Japanese input method in Fujitsu OASYS and then registered in JIS X 0213.

Hira-small

(rare) Alternative form of ヵ with no meaningful usage.


(Can we date this quote?), かきふらい, chapter 1, in けいおん！ [K-ON!]:

歓迎いたしますわ〰っ‼

Emphatic form of ー (the chōonpu), used to display emotion such as admiration and wonderment.


𛅐

Small form of the hiragana character ゐ (wi).

Small combining form of hiragana ゐ (wi) used in the 拗音 (yōon) morae く𛅐 (kwi) and ぐ𛅐 (gwi). Historically it was not distinguished from the full-size version; it is primarily used to transcribe foreign loanwords containing the sound.


𛅑

Small form of the hiragana character ゑ (we).

Small combining form of hiragana ゑ (we) used in the 拗音 (yōon) morae く𛅑 (kwe) and ぐ𛅑 (gwe). Historically it was not distinguished from the full-size version; it is primarily used to transcribe foreign loanwords containing the sound.


𛅒

Small form of the hiragana character を (wo).

Small combining form of hiragana を (wo) used in the 拗音 (yōon) morae く𛅒 (kwo) and ぐ𛅒 (gwo). Historically it was not distinguished from the full-size version; it is primarily used to transcribe foreign loanwords containing the sound.


𛅤

Small form of the katakana character ヰ (wi).

Kana-small

Small combining form of katakana ヰ (wi) used in the 拗音 (yōon) morae ク𛅤 (kwi) and グ𛅤 (gwi). Historically it was not distinguished from the full-size version; it is primarily used to transcribe foreign loanwords containing the sound.


𛅥

Small form of the katakana character ヱ (we).

Small combining form of katakana ヱ (we) used in the 拗音 (yōon) morae ク𛅥 (kwe) and グ𛅥 (gwe). Historically it was not distinguished from the full-size version; it is primarily used to transcribe foreign loanwords containing the sound.


𛅦

Small form of the katakana character ヲ (wo).

Small combining form of katakana ヲ (wo) used in the 拗音 (yōon) morae ク𛅦 (kwo) and グ𛅦 (gwo). Historically it was not distinguished from the full-size version; it is primarily used to transcribe foreign loanwords containing the sound.


水/derived terms

Derived terms
* 澪(みお) (mio), 水(み)脈(お) (mio), 水(み)尾(お) (mio)
* 水(み)魚(お) (Mio)
* 水(み)際(ぎわ) (migiwa), 汀(みぎわ) (migiwa), 渚(みぎわ) (migiwa)
* 水(み)草(くさ) (mikusa)
* 水(み)彩(さ) (Misa)
* 水(み)彩(さい) (Misai)
* 溝(みぞ) (mizo)
* 禊(みそ)ぐ (misogu)
** 禊(みそぎ) (misogi)
* 霙(みぞれ) (mizore, “sleet”)
* 満(み)つ (mitsu)
** 満(み)たす (mitasu)
** 満(み)ちる (michiru)
* 水(み)月(つき) (Mitsuki), 水(み)月(づき) (Mizuki)
* 水(み)漬(づ)く (mizuku)
* 水(み)彩(どり) (Midori)
* 水(みな)上(かみ) (minakami)
* 漲(みなぎ)る (minagiru)
* 水(み)際(なぎわ) (minagiwa)
* 水(みな)下(しも) (minashimo)
* 水(みな)底(そこ) (minasoko)
* 水無(みな)月(づき) (minazuki)
* 港(みなと) (minato), 湊(みなと) (minato)
* 水(みな)俣(また) (Minamata)
* 水(みな)面(も) (minamo)
* 源(みなもと) (minamoto)
* 水(みな)泡(わ) (minawa)
* 水(み)村(むら) (Mimura)
* 泉(いずみ) (izumi)
* 海(うみ) (umi)
* 垂(たる)水(み) (tarumi)