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やくてん
Meanings
Noun
Linguistics
1. contraction (in phonetics)
Alt. forms
約
やく
転
てん
やくてん
Pitch accent
⚠
や
くてん
Composed of
やく
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
てん
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)