| あいうえお順 | [あいうえおじゅん, aiueojun] (n) aiueo-order; (table) index based on the kana syllabary order |
| いろは歌留多(ateji);伊呂波ガルタ;伊呂波歌留多(ateji);以呂波歌留多(ateji) | [いろはガルタ, iroha garuta] (n) playing cards bearing proverbs in the traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary |
| カ行 | [カぎょう, ka gyou] (n) classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "ku"; "ka" column or row of the kana syllabary |
| ガ行 | [ガぎょう, ga gyou] (n) classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "gu"; "ga" column or row of the kana syllabary |
| サ行 | [サぎょう, sa gyou] (n) classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "su"; "sa" column or row of the kana syllabary |
| ザ行 | [ザぎょう, za gyou] (n) classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "zu"; "za" column or row of the kana syllabary |
| タ行 | [タぎょう, ta gyou] (n) classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "tsu"; "ta" column or row of the kana syllabary |
| ダ行 | [ダぎょう, da gyou] (n) classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "dzu"; "da" column or row of the kana syllabary |
| ヌ行 | [ヌぎょう, nu gyou] (n) classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "nu"; "na" column or row of the kana syllabary |
| ハ行 | [ハぎょう, ha gyou] (n) classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "hu or fu"; "ha" column or row of the kana syllabary |
| バ行 | [バぎょう, ba gyou] (n) classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "bu"; "ba" column or row of the kana syllabary |
| 仮名(P);仮字;假名(oK) | [かな, kana] (n) (uk) (See 真名・1) kana; Japanese syllabary (e.g. hiragana, katakana); (P) |
| 仮名遣い(P);仮名使い;かな遣い;かな使い | [かなづかい, kanadukai] (n) kana orthography; syllabary spelling; (P) |
| 伊呂波 | [いろは(P);イロハ, iroha (P); iroha] (n) (1) (uk) traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; (2) fundamentals; the ABCs of ...; (P) |
| 伊呂波順;いろは順;色は順;イロハ順 | [いろはじゅん(伊呂波順;いろは順;色は順);イロハじゅん(イロハ順), irohajun ( i ro nami jun ; iroha jun ; shoku ha jun ); iroha jun ( iroha jun )] (n) (See 五十音順) Traditional ordering of Japanese syllabary based on a Buddhist poem |
| 変体仮名 | [へんたいがな, hentaigana] (n) anomalous cursive syllabary; non-standard kana |
| 片仮名 | [かたかな(P);カタカナ(P), katakana (P); katakana (P)] (n) (uk) (See 平仮名) katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords; (P) |
| 音字 | [おんじ, onji] (n) syllabary; phonetic symbol |