抑揚

Reading

Kana: よくよう

Romaji: yokuyou

Definition

noun

1

intonation; accent; modulation; inflection

See also: 抑揚のない

Kanji

抑

Readings: ヨク、 おさ.える

Meanings: repress, well, now, in the first place, push, shove, press, seal, do in spite of

揚

Readings: ヨウ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げ、 あ.がる

Meanings: raise, elevate, hoist, praise, extol, fry in deep fat

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)の話(はな)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.