| 音節 |
| 1. n. (phonology) a syllable | |
| (ja-x, 音%節 文%字, おん%せつ も%じ, a syllabary) | |
| 2. n. (loosely phonology, poetry) (syn of ja, モーラ, tr=mōra, , a mora) | |
| 3. n. Usage: *A Japanese syllable is said to consist of at least one vowel; optionally preceded by an onglide, then a consonant; and optionally followed by the vowel's lengthening tail (長音), t | |
| 4. n. Usage: **核 consists of two syllables, + vowel (IPAchar, /a/) and + vowel IPAchar, /u/. It has two morae, and . | |
| 5. n. Usage: **東京 consists of two syllables, + vowel (IPAchar, /o/) + lengthening tail IPAchar, /ː/ and + onglide IPAchar, /j/ + vowel IPAchar, /o/ + lengthening tail IPAchar | |
| 6. n. Usage: **学校 consists of two syllables, + vowel (IPAchar, /a/) + geminate head /Q/ IPAchar, k and + vowel IPAchar, /o/ + lengthening tail IPAchar, /ː/. It has four morae | |
| 7. n. Usage: **日本 consists of two syllables, + vowel (IPAchar, /i/) and + vowel IPAchar, /o/ + moraic nasal /N/. It has three morae, , and . | |
| 8. n. Usage: **愛 consists of one syllable, + offglide (IPAchar, /i/). It has two morae, and , and one morpheme, 愛. | |
| 9. n. Usage: *Long vowels, geminate consonants, moraic nasals and diphthongs did not occur in Old Japanese, which is why Old Japanese is often described as consisting of only syllables (not morae lik | |
