(obsolete, phonology) one of the five morae of the あ行 (agyō, “a-row”), that consists solely of a vowel / (phonetics, phonology) a vowel

(linguistics) diphthong

Kyūjitai form of 単純 (simple; pure; free)

(phonetics) nucleus

(phonology) vowel harmony

(linguistics) monophthong

(phonology) a short vowel

(phonology) a long vowel

(phonetics) nasal vowel

(traditional Chinese phonology) a guttural onset consonant, any of the group of consonants represented by the Middle Chinese pronunciation the following (母 (literally “mother”) means "base sound"; the character before it is the one that bears the onset consonant): 影母 (/ʔ/), 曉母 (/x/), 匣母 (/ɦ/) and 喻母 (/j/)