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    3. 仮名遣い

    仮名遣い

    仮か名な遣づかい​

    kana orthography

    N2KMT7CoreNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab27 strokes

    仮名遣かな遣いかな使い仮名使い

    かなづかい

    Noun

    1.
    kana orthography, syllabary spelling

    Stroke 0 / 27

    Speed1.0x

    正ただしい仮か名な遣づかいを学まなぶ。

    Learn correct kana orthography.

    KMT5Core ConceptsEducation
    古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、現げん代だいと異ことなる仮か名な遣づかいが使つかわれている。

    Older documents use kana orthography different from modern usage.

    KMT7Core ConceptsLiterature
    小しょう学がっ校こうで仮か名な遣づかいのルールを習ならいました。

    I learned the rules of kana orthography in elementary school.

    KMT7Core ConceptsEducation
    歴れき史し的てき仮か名な遣づかいは、古こ典てん文ぶん学がくを理り解かいする上うえで不ふ可か欠けつな知ち識しきです。

    Historical kana orthography is indispensable knowledge for understanding classical literature.

    KMT8Core ConceptsLiteratureHistory
    日に本ほん語ごの文ぶん章しょうを書かく際さいには、正せい確かくな仮か名な遣づかいが求もとめられます。

    Accurate kana orthography is required when writing Japanese sentences.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEducation

    Characters that make up this word

    仮
    かり・かり-…(2)
    sham・temporary・interim・assumed (name)・informal
    Kanji
    名
    な・-な…(3)
    name・noted・distinguished・reputation
    Kanji
    遣
    つか.う・-つか.い・-づか.い・つか.わす・や.る…(1)
    dispatch・despatch・send・give・donate…(2)
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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