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  2. Kana - Wikipedia

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    'Kana' is a compound of kari (仮, 'borrowed; assumed; false') and na (名, 'name'), which eventually collapsed into kanna and ultimately 'kana'. [3]Today it is generally assumed that 'kana' were considered "false" kanji due to their purely phonetic nature, as opposed to mana which were "true" kanji used for their meanings.

  3. Katakana - Wikipedia

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    In contrast to the hiragana syllabary, which is used for Japanese words not covered by kanji and for grammatical inflections, the katakana syllabary usage is comparable to italics in English; specifically, it is used for transcription of foreign-language words into Japanese and the writing of loan words (collectively gairaigo); for emphasis; to ...

  4. Japanese writing system - Wikipedia

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    The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalized Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific names, and sometimes for emphasis.

  5. Jjokbari - Wikipedia

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    Jjokbari Korean name Hangul 쪽발이 / 쪽바리 Transcriptions Revised Romanization Jjokbari McCune–Reischauer Tchokpari Japanese name Katakana チョッパリ Transcriptions Romanization Choppari Jjokbari is a Korean language ethnic slur which may refer to Japanese citizens or people of Japanese ancestry. A variation on the slur, ban-jjokbari, meaning literally "half-jjokbari", has been ...

  6. Man'yōgana - Wikipedia

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    Man'yōgana (万葉仮名, Japanese pronunciation: [maɰ̃joꜜːɡana] or [maɰ̃joːɡana]) is an ancient writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Japanese language. It was the first known kana system to be developed as a means to represent the Japanese language phonetically. The date of the earliest usage of this type of ...

  7. Naver Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Naver Dictionary was launched in 1999, supporting the English language. [3] [4] It began launching mobile applications in 2010. [5] The product Line Dictionary, launched in 2014, was part of the platform. [2] By 2022, the platform reportedly had 60 different sub services, [6] and was the most popular online dictionary service in South Korea by ...

  8. Hiragana - Wikipedia

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    It is a phonetic lettering system. The word hiragana means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", as contrasted with kanji). [1] [2] [3] Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems. With few exceptions, each mora in the Japanese language is represented by one character (or one digraph

  9. Basic Korean Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Basic Korean Dictionary (Korean: 한국어기초사전; Hanja: 韓國語基礎辭典) is an online learner's dictionary of the Korean language, launched on 5 October 2016 by the National Institute of Korean Language. [1]