草仮名

そうがな

cursive form of man'yougana, man'yougana written in sousho style, an intermediate stage between hiragana and man'yougana

仮名

かな かめい かりな けみょう

alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume

新仮名

しんかな

modern kana usage

訓仮名

くんがな

(prior to the advent of kana) kanji used to represent readings of words, selected for their kun-yomi, regardless of meaning

仮名文

かなぶみ かりめいぶん

publication in kana alone

仮名本

かなほん かめいほん

book (etc.) written entirely in kana

片仮名

かたかな カタカナ

katakana, angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

男仮名

おとこがな

kanji (esp. used as phonetic symbols), man's handwriting

平仮名

ひらがな

hiragana, cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

仮の名

かりのな

alias, assumed name

女仮名

おんながな

hiragana, woman's handwriting

音仮名

おんがな

(prior to the advent of kana) kanji used to represent readings of words, selected for their on-yomi, regardless of meaning

仮名序

かなじょ

kana preface to the Kokin Wakashū

旧仮名

きゅうがな

former (i.e. before the post-WWII reforms) kana usage in writing the readings of kanji

名子

lower class peasant; peasant working for a land-owning farmer

仮名文学

かなぶんがく

kana literature, works written in kana in the Heian period

仮名勝ち

かながち かめいがち

using more kana than characters

仮名書き

かながき かめいがき

writing in the kana

変体仮名

へんたいがな へんたいかめい

anomalous cursive syllabary, non-standard kana