連声

In Japanese, renjou 連声 is a change in pronunciation that generally happens when two kanji form a single word, and the last sound of the first kanji is the nasal vowel ~n ～ん, or from the m~ or t~ rows, while the first sound of the second kanji is a vowel, or from the y~ or w~ rows, and they combine to form a syllable from the n~, m~, or t~ rows.

For example: hannou 反応, "response," is formed by han はん and ou おう, but since han はん ends in ~n ～ん, and ou おう starts with a vowel, ou おう becomes nou のう.

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Examples

For reference, some other examples:

• unnun
  云々
  And so on.
  • un-un
    うんうん
  • un-nun
    うんぬん
• Kannon
  観音
  Avalokiteśvara.
  • You might have heard this word before if you watched Hunter x Hunter.
  • kan-on
    かんおん
  • kan-non
    かんのん
• rinne
  輪廻
  The cycle of death and rebirth.
  • As in Naruto. Like the rinnegan 輪廻眼 of Naruto.
  • rin-we
    りんゑ
  • rin-ne
    りんね
• innen
  因縁
  Fate. Destiny.
  • in-wen
    いんゑん
  • in-nen
    いんねん

• onmyouji
  陰陽師
  A sorcerer. One specialized in a certain kind of divination based on Taoism.
  • Very common in many anime with samurai.
  • omu-yau
    おむやう
    (old pronunciation.)
  • omu-myau
    おむみゃう
    (renjou.)
  • on-myou
    おんみょう
    (modern pronunciation.)

• secchin
  雪隠
  Toilet.
  • setsu-in
    せついん
  • sec-chin
    せっちん

References

• 連声 - kotobank.jp, accessed 2019-11-10.
• 連声 - ja.wikipedia.org, accessed 2019-11-10.