rendaku
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rendaku
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Borrowed from Japanese 連濁 (rendaku, “sequential voicing”).
noun
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In 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.
Similar: sequential voicing
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Talk about this word "rendaku." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rendaku. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. rendaku. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rendaku "rendaku." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rendaku.Cite this
@misc{rendaku_2026,
title = {rendaku},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rendaku},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
