連濁. A phonological phenomenon in Japanese by which the first consonant of the second component of a compound word often becomes voiced (k→g, s→z, t→d and h→b).
See also
- Rendaku on English Wikipedia
Questions tagged [rendaku]
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Is 株式会社 read as かぶしきがいしゃ or かぶしきかいしゃ?
I've seen the reading of 株式会社 written both with rendaku and without. I can't tell whether the version without rendaku is simply a typo, or a true variant of the word.
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Why does "Rendaku" not apply in 少々 お待ちください?
I'm thrilled to finally read about Rendaku (連濁) in my learning journey of Japanese, and to realise that ときどき is a simple example of this phenomenon!!
However, "少々" in 少々 お待ちください still remains as "しょうしょう" instead of "しょうじょう" (with tenten on the…
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Why is it that when words get combined, the sound often gets softened?
I can't come up with an example right now. But hypothetically let's say there was a word that was ka. And they combined it with ku to make a new word. then it'd become kagu instead of kaku. It usually gets softened like that. Why is that?
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