Japanese Conversation · Level 13
90 words
Japanese word
ボイス
Pronunciation
Romajiboisu
Meaning
- nounvoice
Example
彼女は落ち着いたボイスで話します。kano jo wa o chi tsu i ta bo i su de hana shi ma su
She speaks in a calm voice.
More examples
留守番電話には、短いボイスメッセージを残します。ru su ban den wa ni wa mijika i bo i su me ssē ji o noko shi ma su
I leave a short voice message on voicemail.
Core concept
It points to the audible quality and personal character of someone's speech, rather than to the words being spoken.
Common phrases
落ち着いたボイスo chi tsu i ta bo i su
calm voice
ボイスメッセージbo i su me ssē ji
voice message
Similar words
声koe: The sound that comes from a person's vocal organs and conveys a recognizable personal quality.
音声onsei: Human speech considered as recorded or transmitted audio.
声色kowairo: A person's vocal tone as it expresses character or feeling.
声質koeshitsu: The acoustic features that make one person's voice sound different from another's.
Definition in Japanese
人が話すときに発する音や、その音の高低・強弱などの特徴。hito ga hana su to ki ni has su ru oto ya so no oto no kō tei kyō jaku na do no toku chō
Word origin
ボイス (boisu) is a loanword from English voice, which traces through Old French vois to Latin vox, meaning "voice" or "sound."
Usage tips
- In Japanese games and animation, ボイス (boisu) often refers to a character's recorded spoken lines, so ボイス付き (boisu-tsuki) means that spoken audio is included.