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反響 (はんきょう): echo, reverberation, repercussion — Japanese vocabulary

反響 is read はんきょう and means "echo, reverberation, repercussion". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

反響

Reading
はんきょう · hankyou
Translation
echo, reverberation, repercussion
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
はんきょうが

Example

洞窟からうつろに反響する音を耳にした。

どうくつからうつろにはんきょうするおとをみみにした。

We heard somber hollow sounds from the cave.

Kanji in this word

  • 反 — anti, opposite
  • 響 — Echo, Sound, Resound

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