completely deaf

Canadian football

(linguistics) kanji pronunciation based on Middle Chinese borrowings

Alternative spelling of 字音仮名遣い (jion kanazukai): kanji pronunciation based on Middle Chinese borrowings

(linguistics) kana usage (orthography) / (linguistics) how letters or characters are read or pronounced ("used") / a method of writing (or "using") letters or characters

biscriptal kanji-kana text

pathetic / grief / sorrow

(Buddhism) think on the power of Kannon

(idiomatic, proverb) be quick on the uptake, understand the whole situation from just a few clues

"Historical kana usage", a prescriptive method of using kana to write Japanese. Devised in the Edo period by Keichū (契沖) and taught in schools until 1946, it aims to be etymologically faithful and reflects earlier stages of the language (Heian period and earlier).