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抑揚よくよう (yokuyou)

intonation

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Meaning

抑揚 (よくよう, yokuyou) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “intonation”.

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Example sentences 8

日本語にほんごは他たの言語げんごと比くらべると抑揚よくようがない

In contrast to other languages, Japanese doesn't have intonation.

彼女は声に軽快なリズム[抑揚]がある.

She has a lilt to her voice.

彼かれの話し方かたには抑揚よくようが欠かけている。

Intonation is absent in his way of speaking.

彼かれらは抑揚よくようのない声こえで50まで数かぞえた。

They counted on monotonously to fifty.

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