• fifth row (お段, "row O"). Both represent [o]. お and オ originate, via man'yōgana, from the kanji 於. Scaled-down versions of the kana (ぉ, ォ) are used to express...
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  • pronunciation is [o] , reflected in the Hepburn romanization and Kunrei-shiki romanization o. Thus it is pronounced identically to the kana o. Despite this...
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  • When small and preceded by an -i kana, this kana represents a palatalization of the preceding consonant sound with the [o] vowel (see yōon). In mathematics...
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  • Kana (仮名, Japanese pronunciation: [kana]) are syllabaries used to write Japanese phonological units, morae. In current usage, kana most commonly refers...
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  • Hiragana (category Kana)
    hiragana means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", as contrasted with kanji). Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems. With few exceptions...
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  • a letter in the Greek alphabet O (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet O (kana), a romanization of the kana (お and オ) in Japanese writing ㅇ,...
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  • Kana: Little Sister (加奈~いもうと~, Kana~Imōto~), is a Japanese visual novel originally developed and released by D.O. in 1999. G-Collections [ja] translated...
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  • Katakana (redirect from ISO 15924:Kana)
    "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived from components or fragments of more complex kanji. Katakana and hiragana are both kana systems...
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  • historical kana orthography (歴史的仮名遣い, rekishiteki kanazukai), or old orthography (旧仮名遣い, kyū kanazukai), refers to the kana orthography (正仮名遣い, sei kana-zukai)...
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    Kana Hanazawa (花澤 香菜, Hanazawa Kana, born February 25, 1989) is a Japanese actress and singer. A prolific voice performer in anime, she has amassed several...
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