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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

五ご十じゅう音おん

gojuuon

Japanese syllabary

Example sentences

  1. 氏名しめいは五十音ごじゅうおん順じゅんです。

    The names are in Japanese alphabetical order.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 明治時代めいじじだいに入はいると、欧米おうべいの影響えいきょうで近代的きんだいてきな五十音ごじゅうおん検索けんさくの国語辞典こくごじてんが登場とうじょうした。

    As the Meiji period began, under the influence of western culture, there appeared a modern style dictionary of Japanese-language in which the words were arranged in the order of the Japanese syllabary.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 読よみ札ふだ・取とり札さつともに、五十音ごじゅうおんに対応たいおうしており、一音いちおんにつき一いちセットの読よみ札ふだ・取とり札さつが用意よういされている。

    Both yomifuda and torifuda correspond to the Japanese syllabary, and there exists one pair of yomifuda and torifuda for each syllable.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 五十音

  • 五fiveOnゴKunいつ・いつつ
  • 十tenOnジュウ・ジッ・ジュッKunとお・と・そ
  • 音sound; noiseOnオン・イン・-ノンKunおと・ね

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