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► 動詞
発音  [はつおん]  [発音する]    meaning:  pronounce  rank: 2
☆ この単語はどう発音するんですか? ⇨ How do you pronounce this word?

► 名詞
音読み  [おんよみ]    meaning:  pronounce  rank: 2
☆ 「」は音読みでは「にん」「じん」になる ⇨ 「人」is pronounced “nin” or “jin” in Onyomi  (☛ The pronunciations of Chinese characters based on original Chinese pronunciations (although they differ significantly from the modern Mandarin))

発音  [はつおん]    meaning:  pronounce  rank: 2
☆ の発音には訛りがある ⇨ His pronunciation has accents

読み  [(2)よみ]    meaning:  pronounce  rank: 2
☆ この漢字の読みがからない ⇨ I don’t know how to read, pronounce, this Chinese character

読み方  [(3)よみかた]    meaning:  pronounce  rank: 2
☆ この漢字の読み方は? ⇨ How do you read, pronounce, this Chinese character?

仮名  [(2)かな]    meaning:  pronounce  rank: 3
☆ 漢字に仮名を振っていある教科書 ⇨ A textbook that shows how to read Chinese characters in small letters

滑舌  [かつぜつ]    meaning:  pronounce  rank: 5
☆ 滑舌の俳優 ⇨ An actor whose speech is not very articulate

► 形容動詞
舌足らず  [(3)したたらず]    meaning:  pronounce  rank: 4
☆ 赤ちゃんは未だ舌足らずだ ⇨ The baby still cannot pronounce words accurately