上代特殊仮名遣
Japanese
    
| Kanji in this term | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 上 | 代 | 特 | 殊 | 仮 | 名 | 遣 | 
| じょう Grade: 1 | だい Grade: 3 | とく Grade: 4 | しゅ Grade: S | か Grade: 5 | な Grade: 1 | つか(い) > づか(い) Grade: S | 
| goon | kan’on | irregular | kun’yomi | kun’yomi | ||
| Alternative spellings | 
|---|
| 上代特殊假名遣 (kyūjitai) 上代特殊仮名遣い | 
Etymology
    
上代 (jōdai, “ancient times”, sometimes used to refer to Old Japanese) + 特殊 (tokushu, “special”) + 仮名遣い (kanazukai, “kana usage”)
Literally, “special kana usage of ancient times”.
Noun
    
上代特殊仮名遣 • (jōdai tokushu kanazukai)
- distinctions in the usage of man'yōgana in Old Japanese works that were quickly lost
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