Kanagaeshi - Kanagaeshi

Japanese: 仮名反 - かながえし

〘Noun〙 (meaning Kana 'han-kiri') 1. The use of kana to express the pronunciation of characters. It was a method devised by the monk Myokaku in the late Heian period. *Mokouyunkyohenfan-kiri-bok-kahen (1773) "When one wishes to use han-kiri to correct the pronunciation of characters, many do not know the method. <omitted> Some have fallen back and used the kana 'han-kiri ' (reverse pronunciation of Japanese characters) in the five-cross script. This is also an unusual variation. It is difficult to easily obtain the correct pronunciation." 2. The application of the Chinese han-kiri method to the Japanese language, such as "ki" being the han-kiri of "kai/i" and "ku" being the han-kiri of "ka/u", where a kana with one syllable is made up of two syllables called han-kiri, and conversely, two syllables are contracted into one syllable. Abbreviated form. Reverse pronunciation. ※Essays, Summer Mountain Chats (1741), 3 "The words Yoshino naru, nanwa naru, mean in Yoshino, in Naniwa. In the Manyoshu it says Yoshino naru. This is also the opposite of that. These are called kana gaeshi." ③ To reverse the order of kana. ※Haiku, Hirohara Umi ( 1703 ), 6 "Kana gaeshi: offering sake as a token of appreciation for receiving a robe." ④ In letterpress printing, returning the kana type to its original place after it has been removed.

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

〘名〙 (仮名の反切の意)① 字音の反切を仮名を用いて表わすもの。平安末期の僧、明覚の考え出した方法。※磨光韻鏡翻切伐柯篇（1773）「反切を用ひて字音を正さんと欲するに人多くは其法を知らず。〈略〉退いて国字反(カナカヘシ)五十字文に依る者あり。是亦変例一ならず。輙(たやす)く正音を得る事難し」② 中国の反切法を国語に応用して「き」は「か・い」の反、「く」は「か・う」の反というように、一音の仮名が二音の反切により成り、また逆に、二音が一音に縮約するというように考えること。約言。反音。※随筆・夏山雑談（1741）三「吉野なる、なにはなると云ふ詞も、吉野にある、難波にあると云ふことなり。万葉集に吉野在(よしのなる)とあり。是もあの反しなり。是等をかな反しと云ふなり」③ 仮名の順序を逆にすること。※俳諧・広原海（1703）六「袈裟貰ふ礼に酒遣る仮名返し」④ 活版印刷で、解版した仮名の活字をもとの場所にもどすこと。

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