esteemed son

(Japanese orthography and phonology) a mora that consists of either (1) one vowel or (2) one consonant and one vowel, and is spelt with only one full-sized kana, such as あ (a), き (ki) or ぶ (bu)

a hot spring icon (♨)

(music) original sound (as opposed to its recording) / (linguistics) original pronunciation

(Buddhism) think on the power of Kannon

両唇音: (phonetics) a speech sound articulated with both lips; bilabial

発音記号: (phonetics) phonetic symbol

音声記号: (phonetics) phonetic symbol

方向音痴: a bad sense of direction

陰陽道: a traditional body of Japanese esoteric cosmology; a mixture of natural sciences and occultism, based on the Chinese philosophies of Wu Xing and Yin and Yang.