Man'yōgana, the early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana

(history) a syllabary with characters drawn from kanji, such as the 万葉仮名 (Man'yōgana), that is the precursor to hiragana and katakana

(collective) 平仮名 (hiragana) and 片仮名 (katakana)

"correct kana": Synonym of 歴史的仮名遣い (rekishiteki kanazukai, “historical kana usage”)

"old kana": Synonym of 歴史的仮名遣い (rekishiteki kanazukai, “historical kana usage”)

"new kana": Synonym of 現代仮名遣い (gendai kanazukai, “modern kana usage”)

Synonym of 片仮名

Synonym of 平仮名

natural language understanding

(mahjong) determining what tile would complete an opponent's hand