仮名文

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
仮 名 文
か
Grade: 5 		な
Grade: 1 		ふみ > ぶみ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
假名文 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 仮名 (kana, “syllabic letter”) +‎ 文 (fumi, “letter, document”). The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

仮(か)名(な)文(ぶみ) • (kanabumi) 

  1. a letter written in kana script (as opposed to kanji)
    • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 86:
      Canabumi. カナブミ (仮名文) 仮名(cana)文字で書いてある手紙.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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