歴史的仮名遣い
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |||||
| 歴 | 史 | 的 | 仮 | 名 | 遣 |
Alternative forms [edit]
- 歴史的仮名遣 (rekishi)
Etymology [edit]
歴史的な (れきしてき, rekishiteki, “historical”) (from 歴史 (rekishi, “history”) + 的 (teki, “adjectival suffix”)) + 仮名遣い (kanazukai, “kana usage”)
Noun [edit]
歴史的仮名遣い (hiragana れきしてきかなづかい, romaji rekishiteki kanazukai)
- Historical kana usage, the method of writing Japanese words in kana that was used before 1946, which reflects the pronunciation used in earlier eras