This is the 701st most frequent Japanese word.


"Sound" or "noise."


The word "音" here refers to a sound or noise that is audible in a specific environment.

静かな部屋の中で、小さな音が聞こえた。

In the quiet room, I heard a faint sound.


The word "音" in this context describes the tones or sounds produced by a musical instrument.

彼女のピアノの音はとても美しい。

The sound of her piano playing is very beautiful.


Here, "音" is used in a linguistic context to mean phoneme or the basic unit of sound in language.

音声学では、言葉の構成要素である『音』について学ぶ。

In phonetics, we study the 'sounds' that are the building blocks of speech.