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  2. Kana - Wikipedia

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    Kungana (訓仮名, translation kana): magana for transcribing Japanese words, using Japanese translations ascribed to kanji (native "readings" or kun'yomi). For example, Yamato ( 大和 ) would be spelt as 八間跡 , with three magana with kun'yomi for ya , ma and to ; likewise, natsukashi ( 懐かし , evoking nostalgia) spelt as 夏樫 for ...

  3. Furigana - Wikipedia

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    Furigana are sometimes also used to indicate meaning, rather than pronunciation. Over the foreign text, smaller-sized Japanese words, in kana or kanji, corresponding to the meaning of the foreign words, effectively translate it in place.

  4. List of jōyō kanji - Wikipedia

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    For brevity, only one English translation is given per kanji. ... English meaning ... kane, (kana) 433:

  5. Hiragana - Wikipedia

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    This method is used to add the diacritics to kana that are not normally used with them, for example applying the dakuten to a pure vowel or the handakuten to a kana not in the h-group. Characters U+3095 and U+3096 are small か (ka) and small け (ke), respectively. U+309F is a ligature of より (yori) occasionally used in vertical text. U+ ...

  6. Japanese writing system - Wikipedia

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    The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalized Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific names, and sometimes for emphasis.

  7. Kanazukai - Wikipedia

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    Kanazukai (仮 (か) 名 (な) 遣 (づか) い, ‘kana usage’) are the orthographic rules for spelling Japanese in kana. All phonographic systems (of which kana is an example) attempt to account accurately the pronunciation in their spellings. However, pronunciation and accents change over time and phonemic distinctions are often lost.

  8. Kana (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Kana (written: 佳奈, 香奈, 香菜, 可奈, 加奈, 加那, 華菜, 夏菜, 夏南, 果奈, かな in hiragana or カナ in katakana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

  9. Ka (kana) - Wikipedia

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    Ka (hiragana: か, katakana: カ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.Both represent [ka].The shapes of these kana both originate from 加. The character can be combined with a dakuten, to form が in hiragana, ガ in katakana and ga in Hepburn romanization.