Discussions of Japanese phonology often refer to different "strata" or layers of vocabulary, as many statements about phonemes and phonotactics are only valid as generalizations over a … 詳細

Consonants inside parentheses can be analyzed as allophones of other phonemes, at least in native words. In loanwords, /ɸ, ɕ, ʑ, t͡s, d͡z, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ/ sometimes occur … 詳細

Moras
Japanese words have traditionally been analysed as composed of moras, a distinct concept from that of syllables. Each mora occupies one rhythmic … 詳細

Japanese morphology is generally agglutinative rather than fusional. Nevertheless, Japanese exhibits a number of 詳細

• /u/ is a close near-back vowel with the lips unrounded ([ɯ̟]) or compressed ([ɯ̟ᵝ]). When compressed, it is pronounced with the side portions of the lips in contact but with no salient … 詳細

Within a mora
Palatals
Japanese syllables may start with the palatal glide /j/ or with … 詳細

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