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仮か名な

rarely used kanji formobsolete kanjinounnoun (generic)

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かな

Meanings

kana, Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)

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Example sentences

仮名かなはひらがなとカタカナの二種類にしゅるいがあります。

Kana consists of two types: hiragana and katakana.

日本語にほんごを学まなぶ際さいには、まず仮名かなを覚おぼえることが大切たいせつです。

When learning Japanese, it is important to first memorize kana.

外来語がいらいごは通常つうじょう、片仮名かたかなで書かかれます。

Loanwords are usually written in katakana.

子供こども向むけの本ほんは漢字かんじに仮名かなを振ふってあることが多おおい。

Books for children often have kana written alongside kanji.

仮名かな文字もじの体系たいけいは平安へいあん時代じだいに確立かくりつされたとされており、日本語にほんごの表記ひょうきに欠かかせない存在そんざいとなっている。

The kana writing system is said to have been established during the Heian period, and has become an indispensable part of Japanese writing.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)