(Japanese phonology) a mora that is variously dubbed in English "special mora" (literal translation), "non-syllabic mora" (by Kubozono Haruo), "non-head mora", or "deficient mora" (by Laurence Labrune), and that is unique in that it cannot form a 音節 (onsetsu, “syllable”) on its own, that it never occurs at the beginning of a word, and that is incapable of acting as an アクセント核 (akusento-kaku, “accent kernel”); morae like these include the 促音 (sokuon, “moraic obstruent”), the 撥音 (hatsuon, “moraic nasal”), the second half of a 長音 (chōon, “long vowel”), and the second half of a 二重母音 (nijū boin, “diphthong”)

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distinctiveness, particularity

The hiragana syllable げ (ge) or the katakana syllable ゲ (ge) in Japanese braille.

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Japanese Language Proficiency Test, JLPT.

Clipping of 特殊相対性理論 (tokushu sōtaisei riron, “special relativity”).

"Special kana usage of ancient times": distinctions in the usage of man'yōgana in early Old Japanese works that were quickly lost.

Alternative spelling of 上代特殊仮名遣

(relativity) special relativity