Rendaku

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Rendaku (連濁; Japanese pronunciation: [ɾendakɯ], lit. 'sequential voicing') is a pronunciation change seen in the middle of some compound words in Japanese. It replaces a voiceless consonant, such as /k s t h/, with a voiced consonant, such as /ɡ z d b/.

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