{"id":2256,"date":"2021-06-09T17:01:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T08:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2023-12-15T12:44:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T03:44:57","slug":"what-is-rendaku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/what-is-rendaku\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Rendaku?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2259 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/omakase.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/omakase.jpg 480w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/omakase-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>In Japanese, when a compound word is made out of two individual words, and the first consonant of the second word changes from a \u201cclear sound\u201d to a \u201cfuzzy sound\u201d, it is called \u201cRendaku\u201d. For example, Edomae (\u6c5f\u6238\u524d) + sushi (\u5bff\u53f8) changes to Edomaezushi (\u6c5f\u6238\u524d\u5bff\u53f8). However, the correct pronunciation is only generalized among Japanese people, so in this book we chose the most commonly searched version of each compound word.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of Rendaku (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihongo-appliedlinguistics.net\/wp\/archives\/9028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u9023\u6fc1<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>Nigiri (\u63e1\u308a) + sushi (\u5bff\u53f8)\u2192Nigirizushi (\u63e1\u308a\u5bff\u53f8)<\/p>\n<p>Inari (\u7a32\u8377) + sushi (\u5bff\u53f8)\u2192Inarizushi (\u7a32\u8377\u5bff\u53f8)<\/p>\n<p>Masu (\u9c52) + sushi (\u5bff\u53f8)\u2192Masuzushi (\u9c52\u5bff\u53f8)<\/p>\n<p>Kaiten (\u56de\u8ee2) + sushi (\u5bff\u53f8)\u2192Kaitenzushi (\u56de\u8ee2\u5bff\u53f8)<\/p>\n<p>Kuro (\u9ed2) + tai (\u9bdb)\u2192Kurodai (\u9ed2\u9bdb)<\/p>\n<p>Ma (\u771f) + tako (\u86f8)\u2192Madako (\u771f\u86f8)<\/p>\n<p>Aka (\u8d64) + kai (\u8c9d)\u2192Akagai (\u8d64\u8c9d)<\/p>\n<p>Tori (\u9ce5) + kai (\u8c9d)\u2192Torigai (\u9ce5\u8c9d)<\/p>\n<p>Shiromi (\u767d\u8eab) + sakana (\u9b5a)\u2192Shiromizakana (\u767d\u8eab\u9b5a)<\/p>\n<p>[sc_apply url=&#8221;https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/apply\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We hope this information will be helpful.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/4a332f05ade4ac7bb3c46c472cb5eac8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"76\" height=\"58\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Revision date: June 9, 2021<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Share this article<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing\" data-heateor-ss-offset=\"0\" data-heateor-sss-href='https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/what-is-rendaku\/'><div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_ul\"><a aria-label=\"Facebook\" class=\"heateor_sss_facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsushiuniversity.jp%2Fsushiblog%2Fwhat-is-rendaku%2F\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" 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first consonant of the second word changes from a \u201cclear sound\u201d to a \u201cfuzzy sound\u201d, it is called \u201cRendaku\u201d. For example, Edomae (\u6c5f\u6238\u524d) + sushi (\u5bff\u53f8) changes to Edomaezushi (\u6c5f\u6238\u524d\u5bff\u53f8). However, the correct pronunciation is only generalized among Japanese people, so in this book we chose the most commonly searched version of each compound word. Examples of Rendaku (\u9023\u6fc1): Nigiri (\u63e1\u308a) + sushi (\u5bff\u53f8)\u2192Nigirizushi (\u63e1\u308a\u5bff\u53f8) Inari (\u7a32\u8377) + sushi (\u5bff\u53f8)\u2192Inarizushi (\u7a32\u8377\u5bff\u53f8) Masu (\u9c52) + sushi (\u5bff\u53f8)\u2192Masuzushi (\u9c52\u5bff\u53f8) Kaiten (\u56de\u8ee2) + sushi (\u5bff\u53f8)\u2192Kaitenzushi (\u56de\u8ee2\u5bff\u53f8) Kuro (\u9ed2) + tai (\u9bdb)\u2192Kurodai (\u9ed2\u9bdb) Ma (\u771f) + tako (\u86f8)\u2192Madako (\u771f\u86f8) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/what-is-rendaku\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is Rendaku?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[71,14],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2256"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4936,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions\/4936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}