Otoho - Onpo

Japanese: 音歩 - おんぽ
Otoho - Onpo

...Rhythm is also often used to explain the arrangement of rhymes. In principle, the basis of rhythm is the number of phonemes, but in some national languages, where there is a strong emphasis on differences in vocal strength or where the vowels that make up a phoneme are long or short, the concept of a foot (also called a step) arises from the basic combination of these strong and weak sounds and long and short sounds, and this becomes the unit of rhythm instead of a single sound. To give a specific example, in French, where there is little emphasis on the strength and length of sounds, rhythm is measured solely by the number of phonemes, and emphasis is only given to a line or to the breaks in a line. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Otoho" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…韻もその配置に関してはリズムによって説明される点が多い。リズムの基本となるのは原則として音韻の数であるが,国語によって発声上の強弱の差が強く意識されたり,音韻を構成する母音に長短の別があったりすると,それらの強弱音や長短音の基本的な組合せによって音脚(音歩ともいう)という概念が生じ,これが単音に代わってリズムの単位となる。具体例をあげると,フランス語では音の強弱や長短の意識が薄いので,リズムはもっぱら音韻の数だけで測られ,かろうじて一つの詩行もしくは詩行の中の句切りに強声が意識されるにすぎない。…

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