| 万葉仮名 | まんようがな | (n) early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese
characters used phonetically/ |
| 旧仮名使い | きゅうかなづかい | (n) former (i.e. before the post-WWII reforms) kana
usage in writing the yomikata of kanji/ |
| 虚仮猿 | こけざる | (n) foolish monkey/ |
| 作業仮説 | さぎょうかせつ
| (n) working hypothesis/ |
| と仮定しても | とかていしても | even assuming that.../even granted that.../ |
| 草仮名 | そうがな | (n) cursive hiragana/ |
| 帰無仮説 | きむかせつ
| null hypothesis/ |
| 虚仮威し | こけおどし | (n) bluff/showing off/ |
| 旧仮名遣い | きゅうかなづかい
| (n) former (i.e. before the post-WWII reforms)
kana usage in writing the yomikata of kanji/ |
| 変体仮名 | へんたいがな
| anomalous cursive syllabary/ |
| 虚仮 | こけ
| (n) folly/fool/ |
| 振り仮名 | ふりがな | furigana (hiragana over kanji)/pronunciation
key/(P)/ |
| 片仮名 | かたかな
| (n) katakana/(P)/ |
| と仮定して | とかていして | assuming that.../supposing that.../ |
| 送り仮名 | おくりがな | part of word written in kana/(P)/ |
| 平仮名 | ひらがな | (n) hiragana/47 syllables/the cursive
syllabary/(P)/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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