Meaning of 仮名遣い in Japanese | RomajiDesu Japanese dictionary

Definition of 仮名遣い

かなづかい(kanazukai) 【仮名遣い ·仮名使い ·かな遣い ·かな使い】

きゅうかなづかい(kyuukanazukai) 【旧仮名使い ·旧仮名遣い ·旧仮名遣】

(n) former (i.e. before the post-WWII reforms) kana usage in writing the readings of kanji →Related words: 新仮名遣い

げんだいかなづかい(gendaikanazukai) 【現代仮名遣い ·現代仮名遣】

(n) modern kana usage (as laid out by the Japanese government in 1946) →Related words: 新仮名遣

れきしてきかなづかい(rekishitekikanazukai) 【歴史的仮名遣い】

(n) historical kana usage (as used prior to Japanese government reforms made in 1946) →Related words: 現代仮名遣い

ひょうおんしきかなづかい(hyouonshikikanazukai) 【表音式仮名遣い】

しんかなづかい(shinkanazukai) 【新仮名遣 ·新仮名遣い】

(n) modern kana usage (as laid out by the Japanese government in 1946) →Related words: 旧仮名遣い