Citations:転呼音

Japanese citations of 転呼音

Use in English as Tenko

• Historical kana usage:How to read

  Some kana are read with different sounds instead of their original sounds under a certain condition. These phenomena are called Tenko(Change of call).

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• Kobun (Classical Japanese) - Old Kana: Why the "Ye" in "Yebisu" is even a Thing

  Below you'll find bulleted lists of Tenko -"change of call".

  The Tenko rules above are for the middle of words, so 我 is still "ware", and 昔 still "mukashi."

  These are the other Tenko trends:

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It is noteworthy that the first source was originally written in Japanese and translated by someone associated with the site to English, while the second was written by native English speakers for native English speakers. It is possible that an erroneous Japanese-to-English translation is the origin of this usage.