騒音

そうおん · souon · JLPT N3 · noun

noise

📢 騒音 = uproar + sound; souon sounds like so on: noise that goes on and on

騒 means uproar or clamour. It has the horse radical 馬, as in a stampede. 音 means sound, as in 音楽 (music). An uproar sound is unwanted noise, like traffic or construction. Hook: souon is noise that goes on and so on.

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