無む声せい

noun

silence; noiselessness; muteness

General noun for the absence of sound or voice. Often used in compounds like 無声映画 (silent film).

• 無む声せい映えい画がには音おん声せいが一いっ切さいない。

  Silent films have no sound at all.

• 部屋へやは無む声せいの静しずけさに包つつまれていた。

  The room was wrapped in silent stillness.

noun

voicelessness; unvoicedness

Linguistics term for sounds produced without vocal cord vibration, such as /k/, /s/, /t/. Antonym: 有声 (voiced).

See also: 有声

• 日本にほん語ごの「か」の子し音いんは無む声せい音おんです。

  The consonant in Japanese 'ka' is a voiceless sound.

• 無む声せい子し音いんと有ゆう声せい子し音いんの違