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  2. Japanese Braille - Wikipedia

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    Japanese Braille is the braille script of the Japanese language. It is based on the original braille script, though the connection is tenuous. In Japanese it is known as tenji (点字), literally "dot characters". It transcribes Japanese more or less as it would be written in the hiragana or katakana syllabaries, without any provision for ...

  3. Braille kanji - Wikipedia

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    Braille Kanji (Japanese: 漢点字, Hepburn: Kantenji, lit. Chinese dot characters ) is a system of braille for transcribing written Japanese . It was devised in 1969 by Tai'ichi Kawakami ( 川上 泰一 ) , a teacher at the Osaka School for the Blind [ ja ] , and was still being revised in 1991.

  4. Braille - Wikipedia

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    where the word premier, French for "first", can be read. Braille was based on a tactile code, now known as night writing, developed by Charles Barbier. (The name "night writing" was later given to it when it was considered as a means for soldiers to communicate silently at night and without a light source, but Barbier's writings do not use this term and suggest that it was originally designed ...

  5. Braille translator - Wikipedia

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    A braille translator is a software program that translates electronic text (such as an MS-Word file) into braille and sends it to a braille peripheral, such as a braille embosser (which produces a hard copy of the newly created braille). Typically, each language needs its own braille translator.

  6. Braille pattern dots-6 - Wikipedia

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    The Braille pattern dots-6 ( ⠠) is a 6-dot braille cell with the bottom right dot raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the lower-middle right dot raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2820, and in Braille ASCII with a comma:, .

  7. Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin - Wikipedia

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    Japanese Rōmaji Japanese script Japanese meaning Pre-modern Portuguese Modern Portuguese English translation of Portuguese Notes † [1] anjo: アンジョ angel anjo anjo angel Replaced in modern usage by 天使 (tenshi, literally "heavens" + "envoy"). † bateren: 伴天連 / 破天連 a missionary priest (mainly from Jesuit) padre padre priest

  8. To (kana) - Wikipedia

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    と / ト in Japanese Braille; と / ト to: ど / ド do: とう / トー tō/tou: どう / ドー dō/dou: Other kana based on Braille と ちょ / チョ cho: ぢょ / ヂョ jo/dyo: ちょう / チョー chō: ぢょう / ヂョー jō/dyō

  9. Yo (kana) - Wikipedia

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    よ, in hiragana or ヨ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is made in two strokes, while the katakana in three. Both represent [jo]. When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the [o] vowel (see yōon). [1]