An Introduction to The National Language Research Institute: A Sketch of its Achievements
Third Edition(1988)/ HTML Version(1997)

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II.2.2 Collection of "Okurigana Rules"

(Source 3, 1952. 219 pages)
The Japanese language is written with a combination of kanzi (ideographs) and kana (phonograms). We call it "okurigana" when we add kana to kanzi in writing a word. Standard rules of okurigana are necessary. Many opinions about these principles have been propounded since the Meizi Period, each of them considerably different from the others. This collection was edited so that the problems might be clarified before the Japanese Language Commission began their discussions in 1956. Twelve items of the literature, from the "Okurigana Rules" published by the Official Gazette Department of the Cabinet in 1889 to the "Hand Book" by the Stenographers' Association of Japan in 1952, are collected and commented on. Besides, about 1,200 words are listed to contrast the okurigana of each method. This study was conducted by ONO Yaoko and MIZUTANI Sizuo.

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