抑揚

Reading

Kana: よくよう
Romaji: yokuyou
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

intonation; accent; modulation; inflection

See also: 抑揚のない

Kanji

Readings: ヨク、 おさ.える
Meanings: repress, well, now, in the first place, push, shove, press, seal, do in spite of
Readings: ヨウ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げ、 あ.がる
Meanings: raise, elevate, hoist, praise, extol, fry in deep fat

Example Sentences

(かれ)(はな)(かた)には抑揚(よくよう)()けている。
➥Intonation is absent in his way of speaking.
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(かれ)らは抑揚(よくよう)のない(こえ)で50まで(かぞ)えた。
➥They counted on monotonously to fifty.
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