抑よく揚よう

noun

intonation; modulation; inflection

Refers to the rise and fall of voice pitch, often in speech or music. Commonly used in the phrase 抑揚のない (monotone, flat).

See also: 抑揚のない

• 彼かれの話はなし方かたには抑よく揚ようがなくて、眠ねむくなってしまう。

  His way of speaking has no intonation, and it makes me sleepy.