The historical kana orthography (歴史的仮名遣い, rekishiteki kanazukai), or old orthography (旧仮名遣い, kyū kanazukai), refers to the kana orthography (正仮名遣い, sei...

'true kana'), which were Chinese characters used phonetically to transcribe Japanese (e.g. man'yōgana); and hentaigana, which are historical variants...

(えびす, 恵比須, 恵比寿, 夷, 戎), also transliterated Webisu (ゑびす, see historical kana orthography) or called Hiruko (蛭子) or Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami (事代主神), is...

the yo kana, よ. Contrast this with kiyō, "skillful" (器用), which is written きよう [kijoo], with a full-sized yo kana. In historical kana orthography, yōon...

between historical kana usage—which is also referred to as "old kana usage" (旧仮名遣, kyū kana-zukai)—and the modern kana orthography, called "modern kana usage"...

William Adams (Japanese: ウィリアム・アダムス, Hepburn: Uwiriamu Adamusu, historical kana orthography: ウヰリアム・アダムス; 24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), better known in...

Inoue (kanji: 井上, historical kana orthography: ゐのうへ Winouhe) is the 16th most common Japanese surname. Historically, it was also romanized as Inouye,...

Wabi-sabi Weltschmerz Sehnsucht Saudade Historical kana orthography: もののあはれ, modern kana: もののあわれ. The old kana form remains preferred in modern usage....

Hiratsuka Raichō (平塚 らいちょう, transliterated らいてう according to the historical kana orthography; born Hiratsuka Haru, 平塚 明; February 10, 1886 – May 24, 1971)...

the now-obsolete kana character we (ヱ or ゑ) for the even-older ye reading, an anachronism in keeping with historical kana orthography. This can lead to...

for historical pronunciation and for orthographic purposes. In the 1946 orthographic reforms, を was largely replaced by お. In Japanese, this kana is used...

Japanese) Full text (Kyūjitai and Historical kana orthography) at Aozora Bunko (in Japanese) Full text (Shinjitai and Modern kana usage) at Aozora Bunko (in...

Philadelphia Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Historical kana orthography: もののあはれ, modern kana: もののあわれ. The old kana form remains preferred in modern usage....

transliteration of the native Japanese アヅキ, as it was spelled according to historical kana orthography. The name is also transliterated as azuki, reflecting the modern...

Shiranui (不知火, unknown fire, Shiranuhi in the historical kana orthography) is an atmospheric ghost light told about in Kyushu. They are said to appear...

between kana orthography and pronunciation was rectified as part of a general orthographic reform, the Gendai Kanazukai, or modern kana orthography. Under...

1920s. In the 1900 kana usage reforms, hentaigana (old variant forms of kana) were eliminated, though historical kana orthography (dating to the Heian...

matanamu (“await the emperor's pilgrimage”); by applying the historical kana orthography, matanamu would be pronounced matanan. Kamens, Edward; Kamens...

modern Japanese orthography as part of a general orthographic reform. The system was further amended in 1986. There were no small kana in the pre-reform...

periods. Along with the kana for we ('ゑ' in hiragana, 'ヱ' in katakana), this kana was deemed obsolete in Japanese with the orthographic reforms of 1946, to...

"twisted sound"): kana digraphs, consisting of a 直音 and a small kana, such as きゃ or くゎ, although in historical kana orthography, small kana were simply 直音...

Hull Grundy, "His netsuke [...] are extremely rare." In the historical kana orthography he was spelled "Kwanman" (くゎんまん). It can also be pronounced as...

Girls". Normally written as 女子高生, the character 高 is written in historical kana orthography as かう. "タイトルの女子かう生ですが「かう」ってどこからきてると思いますか？". Yahoo! Japan (in...

"fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived from components or fragments of more complex kanji. Katakana and hiragana are both kana systems...

centuries from a highly phonemic to a largely morphophonemic orthography.[citation needed] Japanese kana are almost completely phonemic but have a few morphophonemic...

and え, as relics of historical kana usage. Korean hangul and Tibetan scripts were also originally extremely shallow orthographies, but as a representation...

yielded, regularly, -wa from -fa from -pa). This is noted with historical kana orthography in dictionaries; for example, 言う (iu) from 言ふ (ifu) from ipu...

'to use') is spelled つかう in hiragana, so kanazukai (仮名遣い; 'kana use', or 'kana orthography') is spelled かなづかい in hiragana. However, there are cases where...

spellings have been retained in modern English orthography, but the Great Vowel Shift and other historical sound changes mean that the modern pronunciations...

using the Historical kana orthography. After the end of the War, the Kitōsho of 1959 became available, using post-war Japanese orthography, but still...