• We (kana) (redirect from )
    in hiragana, or ヱ in katakana, is an obsolete Japanese kana that is normally pronounced [e] in current-day Japanese. The combination of a W-column kana...
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  • the hiragana syllabary consists of 48 base characters, of which two (ゐ and ) are only used in some proper names: 5 singular vowels: あ /a/, い /i/, う /u/...
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    ordering for the syllables which includes two obsolete syllables, wi (ゐ) and we (). A typical torifuda features a drawing with a kana at one corner of the card...
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    and but without voiced consonant marks) is: Note that: Archaic, obsolete, and historical hiragana uses ゐ (historic Japanese wi, modern i) and (historic...
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  • period. As demonstrated by 17th century-era European sources, the syllable we (・ヱ ) also came to be pronounced as [jɛ] (ye). If necessary, the modern orthography...
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  • こ/子 = 訟 - /訁 + て/扌 = 訣 - /訁 + た/⽥ = 訳 - /訁 + /訁 + た/⽥ = 譯 - /訁 + を/貝 = 訴 - /訁 + う/宀/#3 = 診 - /訁 + い/糹/#2 = 証 - /訁 + /訁 + い/糹/#2 = 證 - /訁 + に/氵...
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  • reads a passage: "箸はし 取らと ば、 天地あめつち 御代みよの 御恵みおんめぐ 、 主君しゅくんや 親おやの 御恩ごおんあぢわ", which translates to "When I pick up the chopsticks, I receive the blessings...
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    Ebisu (えびす, 恵比須, 恵比寿, 夷, 戎), also transliterated Webisu (びす, see historical kana orthography) or called Hiruko (蛭子) or Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami (事代主神)...
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  • /訁 = 取 - み/耳 + て/扌 = 撮 - ふ/女 + み/耳 + /訁 = 娶 - て/扌 + み/耳 + /訁 = 掫 - え/訁 + み/耳 + /訁 = 諏 - む/車 + み/耳 + /訁 = 輙 - さ/阝 + み/耳 + /訁 = 陬 - そ/馬 + み/耳 + /訁...
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  • sometime between the Kamakura and Taishō periods. Along with the kana for we ('' in hiragana, 'ヱ' in katakana), this kana was deemed obsolete in Japanese...
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    Sapporo Breweries (redirect from びす)
    that its Japanese name includes the now-obsolete kana character we (ヱ or ) for the even-older ye reading, an anachronism in keeping with historical...
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  • ぢ/じ, du/zu づ/ず, dya/zya ぢゃ/じゃ, dyu/zyu ぢゅ/じゅ, dyo/zyo ぢょ/じょ, wi/i ゐ/い, we/e /え, kwa/ka くゎ/か, and gwa/ga ぐゎ/が, whose pronunciations in Modern Standard Japanese...
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    and Yoron: ユンヌ Yunnu; Okinoerabu: ユーヌ Yuunu, archaic Northern Ryukyuan: かふた Kawefuta), also known as Yoron, is one of the Amami Islands. The island...
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  • romanization for づ, ず, ぢ, じ, ゐ, and . In historical kana usage: Two kana are used that are obsolete today: ゐ/ヰ wi and /ヱ we. These are today read as i and...
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  • hentaigana ("variant characters"). The 1900 standard included the hiragana ゐ, , and を, which historically stood for the phonetically distinct moras /wi/...
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    び ぴ ふ ぶ ぷ へ べ ぺ ほ ぼ ぽ ま み U+308x む め も ゃ や ゅ ゆ ょ よ ら り る れ ろ ゎ わ U+309x ゐ を ん ゔ ゕ ゖ ゙ ゚ ゛ ゜ ゝ ゞ ゟ Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 2.^ Grey areas...
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  • formed with the kana wa, wi, we, and wo; for example, くゎ/クヮ kwa, くゐ/クヰ kwi, く/クヱ kwe, くを/クヲ kwo[citation needed]. Although obsolete in modern Japanese,...
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    encountered by Europeans around the 16th century, Japanese /e/ (え) and /we/ () both had been pronounced [je] and Portuguese missionaries had spelled them...
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    from the Sorori Monogatari. In About Rokurokubi in the Province of Echizen (ちぜんの国府中ろくろ首の事, Echizen no Kuni Fuchū Rokurokubi no Koto), there is a story...
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  • This section uses Nihon-shiki romanization for ゐ, , and を. The obsolete characters ゐ/ヰ (wi) and /ヱ (we) are used, and the character を/ヲ (wo) is used...
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    plates, including the yellow and black ones: おばだがぱざびぢぎぴしじぶづぐぷずへべでげペぜぼどごぽぞゐん A license plate in Japan thus follows this format: KK?*H##-## (e.g., 足立500き21-41)...
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    り リ ri る ル ru れ レ re ろ ロ ro りゃ リャ rya りゅ リュ ryu りょ リョ ryo わ ワ wa ゐ ヰ i † ヱ e † を ヲ o ‡ ん ン n /n' が ガ ga ぎ ギ gi ぐ グ gu げ ゲ ge ご ゴ go ぎゃ ギャ gya ぎゅ ギュ...
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    Condera-quansioye, Condera Quamvioyi, Condera Canbioye, for "小寺 官兵衛(くゎんびゃう)"--"官兵衛" might have been pronounced like /kwãɸjo:je/ or /kambjo:je/; Kuroda...
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  • originate, via man'yōgana, from the kanji 衣 and 江, respectively. The archaic kana (we), as well as many non-initial occurrences of the character へ (he), have...
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  • Tourismus und Stadtmarketing Husum GmbH. Retrieved 2 January 2015. 株式会社 り善 (in Japanese). 京都ジョブパーク. Retrieved 2 January 2015. 【放送内容】静岡発そこ知り(5月5日放送分)...
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    the author of poem 14 in the Hyakunin Isshu poetry anthology: 陸奥のしのぶもぢずり誰ゆに      乱れそめにしわれならなくに Michinoku no shinobu-mojizuri tare yue ni midare somenishi...
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    Uni-Ufugusuku's Tomb (鬼大城の墓) (Municipal) Amamiku-nu-mui (Goeku Gusuku) (アマミクヌムイ (ごく=越来グスク)) (National) Sea fig of Koja Bijuru Sacred Site (古謝のビジュルにあるアコウ) (Municipal)...
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    happy to see Fukagawa's native miscanthus grass growing alongside it: ばしょう植てまづ憎む荻の二葉哉 bashō uete / mazu nikumu ogi no / futaba kana    by my new banana...
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  • リ ri る ル ru れ レ re ろ ロ ro りゃ リャ rya りゅ リュ ryu りょ リョ ryo わ ワ wa ゐ ヰ i (u) ヱ e を ヲ o ん ン n voiced sounds (dakuten) が ガ ga ぎ ギ gi ぐ グ gu げ ゲ ge ご ゴ go...
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  • /訁 = 奴 - ふ/女 + 心 = 怒 - れ/口 + ふ/女 + /訁 = 呶 - こ/子 + ふ/女 + /訁 = 孥 - し/巿 + ふ/女 + /訁 = 帑 - ゆ/彳 + ふ/女 + /訁 = 弩 - て/扌 + ふ/女 + /訁 = 拏 - そ/馬 + ふ/女 + /訁...
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