noun
man'yōgana; early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters phonetically
Historical writing system used primarily in the Nara period, where Chinese characters were borrowed for their sounds to represent Japanese syllables.
万葉仮名は、漢字の音を借りて日本語を表記したものです。
Man'yōgana is a system where Chinese characters were used phonetically to write Japanese.
The Man'yōshū is written in man'yōgana.