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現代仮名遣い (gendaikanazukai) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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代だい
仮か
名な
遣づか
い
で
は
、
「
言い
ふ
」
は
「
言い
う
」
と
書か
く
。
In modern kana orthography, '言ふ' is written as '言う'.
This dictionary is written according to modern kana orthography.
Kanji 現 present, existing, actual 代 substitute, change, convert 仮 sham, temporary, interim 名 name, noted, distinguished 遣 dispatch, despatch, send Related words 歴れき 史し 的てき 仮か 名な 遣づか い Historical kana orthography used before the 1946 reform; 現代仮名遣い is the modern system that replaced it.
新しん 仮か 名な 遣づか い Another term for modern kana orthography, essentially synonymous with 現代仮名遣い.
Written forms 現げん 代だい 仮か 名な 遣づか い
Standard full spelling for the modern kana orthography.
現げん 代だい 仮か 名な 遣づかい
Abbreviated spelling without the okurigana い; less common but seen in some contexts.
Etymology Compound of 現代 (modern) + 仮名遣い (kana usage). The term was officially adopted after the 1946 kana reform.
仮か 名な 遣づか い
