Rendaku
Morphophonological phenomenon in Japanese language / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rendaku (連濁, Japanese pronunciation: [ɾendakɯ], lit. 'sequential voicing') is a phenomenon in Japanese morphophonology that governs the voicing of the initial consonant of a non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word. In modern Japanese, rendaku is common but at times unpredictable, with certain words unaffected by it.
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While kanji do not indicate rendaku, it is marked in kana with dakuten (voicing mark).