[かいこうおん, kaikouon] (n) (1) (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (2) (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
[ごうこうおん, goukouon] (n) (1) (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (2) (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds
[じゅうにえんぎせつ, juuniengisetsu] (n) { Buddh } Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San