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音

おと

sound

Mnemonic

Speech with one extra stroke shut inside the mouth, so it never gets to be a word. Oh お, toe と, something big goes over outside and you never find out what it was: おと.

Worth knowing

A noise you hear. 声 こえ is a sound with a voice behind it.

Built from

sound
言 speech with one more stroke shut inside the mouth, so it never becomes a word.

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sound of footsteps

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