短母音u
ルール探究
短母音 /ʌ/ は、英語音韻体系の中で最も誤解されやすい音の一つです。派手さはありませんが、語のリズムを支える土台として機能します。日本語に近い音が存在しないため、意識的な習得が不可欠です。
発音ラボ
舌は口腔の中央からやや後方、低すぎず高すぎない位置に置きます。唇は丸めず、自然に開けます。息は短く、声帯はしっかり振動させます。
語彙散策
abrupt, abundance, abundant, accomplish, accomplishment に共通する a- はすべて /ʌ/ に弱化し、語全体のアクセント配置を安定させます。
注意点
/ʌ/ を /a/ のように大きく開いてしまうのが典型的な誤りです。
上級編
/ʌ/ を自在に操れると、英語の発話が滑らかになります。
フォニックス分解
舌は中央後方、唇は自然、短い息。
発音参照
Common Mistakes
例の単語
All Words (519)
abrupt abundance abundant accomplish accomplishment accumulate accustomed acupuncture adjust adult adulthood agricultural agriculture assumption backup bankrupt bankruptcy beloved bluff blunder blunt brunch brush bubble buck bucket buckle bud buddy budget buffalo buffer buffet build builder bulb bulk bulky bull bullet bulletin bully bump bumper bundle bus bushy bust but butcher butt butter butterfly button buzz chunk circuit club clump clumsy cluster clutch clutter coconut colombia coloured colourful columbus comfort comfortable comfortably company compulsory concurrent conduct conductor confront confrontation constable construct construction consult consultant consultative consumption continual corrupt corruption coverage crumble crunch crush crust cub cucumber culminate culmination cult cultivate cultivation cultural culture cunning cup cupboard cushion custody custom customary customer customs deduct deductible deduction deductive denunciation destruction destructive discovery discuss discussion disgust disgusted disgusting disrupt disruption disruptive distrust document donut drug drugstore drum drunk drunkard drunken dub duck duckling dull dumb dump dumpling durable duration during dusk dust dustbin dusty entrust erupt eruption everyone fluctuate fluctuation fluffy flush flutter forgetfulness forthcoming frustrate frustrating frustration fuck fulfil fulfill fulfilment full fun function functional fund fundamental funding funny furious fuss graduate guilt gulf gum gun gut handful homosexual honeymoon huddle hug humble hundred hunt hunter hunting husband hut hutch impulse impulsive income incumbent indulge indulgence indulgent industrial industrialize industrious infrastructure input instruction instructive instructor insult interrupt interruption introduction introductory judge judgment jug jump jungle junk juror just justice justification justify justin kentucky lettuce luck luckily lucky luggage lumber lump lunch luncheon lunchtime makeup manipulative manual masculine minibus misunderstand misunderstanding monetary monthly mouthful much mud muddy multilateral multiple multiplication multiply multitude mum muscle muscular mushroom must mutter mutton numb number nut obstruction output oven peanut pickup plug plum plunge plural plus preoccupy product production productive productively productivity pronunciation pub public publication publicity publicize publicly publish pudding puff pull pullover pulse pump pumpkin punch punctual punctuality punctuation punish punishment puppet puppy purify pushy put puzzle puzzlement recurrence redundancy refund regularity reluctance reluctant reproduction reproductive republic republican result resultant robust roughly rub rubber rubbish rucksack rug run runner running runway rural rush russia rust rusty scrub sculpture seagull seduction seductive semiconductor sexual shortcoming shortcut shrub shrubbery shrug shudder shut shutter shuttle skull slum slump smuggle smuggler smuggling someday somehow spun stardust structural structure struggle stubborn study stuff stuffing stuffy stumble stump stun stunning stutter subconscious subject submarine subsequent subsidise subsidize subsidy substance substitute substitution suburb subway such suck sudden suddenly suffer suffering sulfur sulphur sum summarize summary summer summertime summit summon sunburned sundae sunday sunglasses sunlight sunny sunrise sunset sunshine supper supplement supplementary supposition surplus suspect thrust thunder thunderous thus toothbrush triumphant trolleybus troublesome truck trumpet trunk trust trustee tug tumble tunnel ugliness ugly ultimate ultimately ultra ultraviolet umbrella unable uncertain uncertainty uncomfortable uncommon unconscious uncover under underestimate undergo undergraduate underground underline underlying undermine underneath underside understand understanding undertake undertaking underwater undo undoubtedly uneasy unemployed unemployment unfair unfamiliar unfold unfortunate unfortunately unfriendly unguarded unhappy unhealthy unhelpful uninhabitable unkind unknown unleash unlike unlikely unload unnecessary unpleasant unsporting unsteadily untidy unusual unveil unwelcome update upgrade uphold upload upper upright uprising uproar upset upstairs upward upwards us utmost utter utterly vulgar vulnerability vulnerable whatever wonder wonderful yummy