Japanese language
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Stages |
- Old Japanese
- Early Middle Japanese
- Late Middle Japanese
- Early Modern Japanese
- Modern Japanese
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Dialects |
- Hokkaidō
- Tōhoku
- Kantō
- Tōkai–Tōsan
- Hokuriku
- Kansai
- Chūgoku
- Umpaku
- Shikoku
- Hōnichi
- Hichiku
- Satsugū
- Hachijō
- Okinawan Japanese
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Japonic languages |
- Okinawan language
- Kunigami language
- Miyako language
- Amami language
- Yaeyama language
- Yonaguni language
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Writing system |
Logograms
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Kana
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- Hiragana
- Katakana
- Furigana
- Okurigana
- Gojūon
- Man'yōgana
- Hentaigana
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Orthography
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- Punctuation
- Japanese orthography issues
- Kanazukai
- Historical kana orthography
- Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai
- Modern kana usage
- Yotsugana
- Transcription into Japanese
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Grammar and
vocabulary |
- Japanese grammar
- Verb and adjective conjugations
- Consonant and vowel verbs
- Irregular verbs
- Pronouns
- Adjectives
- Possessives
- Particles
- Topic marker
- Counter words
- Numerals
- Native words (yamato kotoba)
- Sino-Japanese vocabulary
- Loan words (gairaigo)
- Honorific speech
- Honorifics
- Court lady language (nyōbō kotoba)
- Gender differences
- Dictionaries
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Phonology |
- Pitch accent
- Sound symbolism
- Rendaku
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Romanization |
- Hepburn
- Nihon-shiki
- Kunrei
- JSL
- Wāpuro rōmaji
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Cyrillization |
- Cyrillization of Japanese
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