Character
Character noun - A written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader.
Inflection and character are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inflection" instead a noun "Character".
Inflection
Inflection noun - Something that curves or is curved.
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Character and inflection are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Character" instead a noun "Inflection".
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Kun-yomi is most often used when a character appears singly, often with "okurigana" (the hiragana that comes after a kanji to provide completion and/or inflection, verbs being a notable example).
Source: Alternate Character Reading - Potentially one of the more ridiculous examples occurs in the horrible Sleep Stalker, where the goatee-sporting lead character utters one with an ape-like inflection as he does it.
Source: Big No / Film - Parenthetical Swearing is when a character says a phrase that, taken out of context and without inflection, would come off as a completely ordinary, sensible, and inoffensive statement, but its context and inflection makes it sound like the speaker is swearing.
Source: Trope Distinctions / J to R
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