Meanings
- uncountablehuman sciencesIn the Japanese language, a phenomenon which governs the voicing of the initial consonant of the non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word. Examples include 時々 (ときどき, tokidoki; “sometimes”), where the second, iterative element -toki becomes -doki and 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami) where the word 紙 (かみ, kami; “paper”) becomes gami.
Synonyms: sequential voicing
Synonyms & antonyms
nounIn the Japanese language, a phenomenon which governs the voicing of the initial consonant of the non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word. Examples include 時々 (ときどき, tokidoki; “sometimes”), where the second, iterative element -toki becomes -doki and 折り紙 (おりがみ, origami) where the word 紙 (かみ, kami; “paper”) becomes gami.
Origin
- Japanese連濁“sequential voicing”
- Englishrendaku
Borrowed from Japanese 連濁 (rendaku, “sequential voicing”).
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Chinese Mandarin 連濁 /连浊
- 連濁 /连浊 (liánzhuó)sequential voicing in Japanese
French rendaku, voisement séquentiel
- rendakusequential voicing in Japanese
- voisement séquentielsequential voicing in Japanese
Japanese 連濁
- 連濁 (rendaku)sequential voicing in Japanese
Korean 연탁
- 연탁 (yeontak)sequential voicing in Japanese
Polish rendaku
- rendakusequential voicing in Japanese
Romanian rendaku
- rendakusequential voicing in Japanese
Russian рэнда́ку
- рэнда́ку (rɛndáku)sequential voicing in Japanese
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rendaku. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rendaku
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