Syllabic characters are an important tool for expressing words.

He is good at playing the chromatic scale on the piano.

He is interested in the study of Onmyodo.

He perfectly memorized the fifty sounds.

A lateral consonant, or 'sokumenon', is a type of consonant produced with the sides of the tongue.

A glottal sound is a sound that is produced when the glottis is closed.

I am majoring in phonetics at university.

He is majoring in phonology at university.

The study of phonons is an important field in physics.

He often gets lost because he has a bad sense of direction.