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1 day ago · Since longer passages written in this system became unmanageably long, man'yōgana was used mainly for poetry while classical Chinese was reserved for prose. Consequently, the prose passages in the Man'yōshū are in Chinese and the Kojiki (712), the oldest extant chronicle, uses man'yōgana only for the songs and poems.
4 days ago · From man'yōgana kanji 𭑨 (a variant of 安), written in cursive style. Syllable edit 𛀂 (romaji a) one of the hentaigana syllables that is used to represent a in old Japanese text.
2 days ago · Around 650 AD, a writing system called man'yōgana (used in the ancient poetry anthology Man'yōshū) evolved that used a number of Chinese characters for their sound, rather than for their meaning.
5 days ago · Joseph Eidelberg supported the theory that the Japanese are descendant of the ten lost tribes of Israel Jej "His research claimed to show evidence that the Exodus journey took place in North Africa including Nigeria, the land of Igbo Jews, and to have found evidence supporting the...
1 day ago · By Richard Goldstein. June 7, 2024. Maj. William A. Anders, who flew on the first manned space mission to orbit the moon, the Apollo 8 “Genesis Flight” of Christmas Eve 1968, and took the ...
18 hours ago · Brian Roedel / Netflix. Yes, Netflix ’s Hit Man is loosely based on the true story of Gary Johnson, a man who posed as a contract killer for the Houston police during the late 1980s and 1990s ...
4 days ago · Jannik Sinner is set to climb to No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings on 10 June. The 22-year-old will become the first Italian and just the 29th player overall to top men’s tennis. Sinner began the year at World No. 4. But with a massive surge to begin 2024, highlighted by his first major title at the Australian Open, an ATP Masters 1000 title in ...
