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.
Man'yōgana is a system where Chinese characters were used phonetically to write Japanese.
万葉集は万葉仮名で書かれています。
The Man'yōshū is written in man'yōgana.