特殊拍

From 特(とく)殊(しゅ) (tokushu, “special”) + 拍(はく) (haku, “beat; mora”).

• (Tokyo) とくしゅはく [tòkúshúháꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟ɕɨha̠kɯ̟]

特(とく)殊(しゅ)拍(はく) • (tokushuhaku) 

1. (Japanese phonology) a type of mora, variously called in English (literal translation) special mora, (Kubozono Haruo) non-syllabic mora, non-head mora, (Laurence Labrune) deficient mora, unique in that it cannot form a 音(おん)節(せつ) (onsetsu, “syllable”) on its own, that it never occurs at the beginning of a word, and that is incapable of acting as an アクセント核(かく) (akusento-kaku, “accent kernel”); morae like these include the 促(そく)音(おん) (sokuon, “moraic obstruent”), the 撥(はつ)音(おん) (hatsuon, “moraic nasal”), the second half of a 長(ちょう)音(おん) (chōon, “long vowel”), and the second half of a 二(に)重(じゅう)母(ぼ)音(いん) (nijū boin, “diphthong”)

   Synonyms: 付属拍 (fuzokuhaku), モーラ音素 (mōra onso)

   Antonym: 自立拍 (jiritsuhaku)

   Hyponyms: 促音 (sokuon), 撥音 (hatsuon)