For pronunciation and definitions of ちょくおん – see the following entry.
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【直音】
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- [noun] (Japanese orthography and phonology) a mora that consists of either (1) one vowel or (2) one consonant and one vowel, and is spelt with only one full-sized kana, such as あ (a), き (ki) or ぶ (bu)
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(This term, ちょくおん (chokuon), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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