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Questions tagged [kana]
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ニッポン? Why Kana?
Just saw this picture:
Notice the ニッポン.
Why is it written in Kana?!
Isn't that like super bizarre?
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Why does "fu" changes to "pu" while it's not started with "h"?
Supposedly, if the consonant starts with "h", it changes to "p", right? But "fu" doesn't have an "h". Then why does "fu" change to "pu"?
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Why is there dakuten on the "ん" in this image? (ん゙)
Context: http://mangalifewin.takeshobo.co.jp/rensai/yo-jolife/yo-jo-008/21231/
Does "ん" really have a dakuten version?
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Why is ゟ considered obsolete?
I recently discovered the kana ゟ, which is a ligature of よ and り, so it's the comparison particle. According to a few sites it's obsolete, or 'dated'.
Why is ゟ considered obsolete, and why should I use it, or avoid doing so?
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IPA transcription of kana づ please
IPA transcription of kana づ please: I think it will be [dzɯ].
J A F Hopkins
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Is ぢゃ/ぢゅ/ぢょ used in modern kana usage?
Since ぢ in spellings was merged into じ in modern kana usage, じや/ぢや, じゆ/ぢゆ, and じよ/ぢよ were merged into じゃ, じゅ, and じょ.
That made me wonder, what about ぢゃ/ぢゅ/ぢょ? They exist, and I found them present in gojuuon hiragana/katakana charts geared at…
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This is a macron or a kana?
"来てXまった" What is the X in following image?
Whole context :https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=manga&illust_id=69471473
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Why does ちょうし translate to "choushi"?
I apoligize for the dumb question, I just started learning recently.
But I'm using memrise to help me learn Japanese, and what I've learned is that ち = "chi", ょ = "yo", う = "u", し = "shi".
Based on that, wouldn't that translate to "chiyoushi"?
Or…
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Why is the katakána ヲ taught to beginners?
Why is the lesser-used katakána for [o], ヲ, taught to beginners? It doesn't seem to be for completeness' sake, as the lesser-used kana for [i] (ヰ and ゐ) and [e] (ヱ and ゑ) are not taught to beginners. Nor does ヲ seem to be appreciably more common…
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What are the kana between kanji called?
For example, in 売り切れ, do the り and れ have a particular name? I found "okurigana" on wikipedia, but does that apply to grammatical suffixes only or does apply in these cases where it's mixed in the middle with kanji too?
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Sorting and Grouping a Japanese Index or Glossary
I'm writing a program that will automatically sort the index of a Japanese book and group the terms under the associated Japanese letter. I have found numerous instructions, but I'm still unsure how to do it correctly.
I know we need the phonetic…
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Grammatical changes due to 歷史假名遣 use?
basically, I am wondering to what extent use of 歷史假名遣 before 1946 would influence grammatical forms in texts from the period between roughly 1900 to 1946. As I understand it, most 歷史假名遣 pertains to parts of words usually written in kanji anyways…
user54907
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Small letters in Morse and telephony alphabet
I've read many pictures on Bing about the Japanese Morse Code and the Radiotelephony Alphabet, but none of them seem to mention small letters.
Is there a way to distinguish between small letters and normal sized letters in Morse and the…
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Popular "random" strings
Some "random" letter/numbers strings, like bxdrpcqazwsui1, gives a whole bunch of Japanese results if typed on Bing search engine.
I don't know why these strings are related to Japanese, and none of the search results actually shows the…
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Is there a difference between the following two words for chopsticks ? Hashi and Otemoto
As a Japanese beginner I was familiar with the word Hashi for a while, today I learned that another word for chopsticks is Otemoto.
This word is often written on chopstick wrappers. My guess is that it is more formal than Hashi ?
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