A Japanese 'half-voiced' consonant sound represented by the handakuten (゜), e.g. pa, pi, pu, pe, po.
ひらがなの「は」は濁点で「ば」、半濁点で「ぱ」になる。これは清音・濁音・半濁音の関係だ。
The hiragana 'は' becomes 'ば' with a dakuten and 'ぱ' with a handakuten. This shows the relationship among voiceless, voiced, and half-voiced sounds.
半濁音は子音が半分だけ有声化したように聞こえると説明されることがある。
Half-voiced sounds are sometimes described as consonants that sound like they are only partially voiced.
「はんだくおん（半濁音）」という語は音声学や国語の授業でよく出る。
The term 'handakuon' (half-voiced sound) often appears in phonetics and Japanese-language lessons.