Meanings
Noun
1. kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
Kanji used
temporary
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Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
the Japanese syllabary symbols
mixed writing (kanji and kana)
old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography
writing composed entirely of kana; kana text; letter composed entirely of kana
new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
to add kana to; to add Japanese reading to
kana literature; works written in kana in the Heian period
kana-kanji conversion (on a computer, etc.)
to add kana to; to add Japanese reading to
book written entirely in kana
using more kana than characters