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JLPT N2

仮名遣い

仮名遣い are the spelling rules for writing Japanese words correctly with hiragana and katakana.

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仮名遣
かな遣い
かな使い
仮名使い
Noun

Kana Spelling Rules

The official system of rules for spelling words in kana, especially for sounds that could be written in more than one way (like the difference between じ and ぢ).

Example

この 言葉 の 仮名遣い が 分かりません 。

I don't know the correct kana spelling for this word.

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仮名遣い
かなづかい
仮名遣い are the spelling rules for writing Japanese words correctly with hiragana and katakana.
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この言葉を覚えましょう。

Let's memorize this word.

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