Category:Japanese words with nonphonetic spellings

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Notes

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  1. ^ Compare this guide from 1903 for the pre-reform 歴史的仮名遣い.
  2. ^ Spelling the salutation こんにちは as こんにちわ is considered a mistake but is probably evidence that the particle has fossilized and no longer recognized here in the minds of speakers.
  3. ^ As in the nouns () (ha, tooth) and () (he, vicinity).
  4. ^ Were it not for this preservation, would not be used in modern Japanese at all, the sound having merged with o long ago; in modern loanwords wo is written as うぉ.
  5. ^ Pronunciation as precisely iu is a modern phenomenon, a spelling pronunciation.
  6. ^ When is the end of a verb, it is pronounced as ou, as in (おも) (omou).
  7. ^ As しよう (shiyō, volitional of する (suru)) or ありがとう (arigatō).
  8. ^ In loanwords, it is generally pronounced as ei, as in メイド (meido).

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