(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

completely deaf

Canadian football

biscriptal kanji-kana text

pathetic / grief / sorrow

"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).

歴史的仮名遣い, 歴史的仮名遣: historical kana orthography

"Modern kana usage", the method of using kana to write Japanese that has been used after the 1946 (post-war) Japanese national language reform. Unlike its predecessor, it is almost entirely phonetic, reflecting modern language with little ambiguity.