Okurigana: the rules behind the kana after a kanji
How the official okurigana rules work, why 行う and 行なう are both allowed, and how to pick one spelling and keep it through a whole document.
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Script choices in Japanese: okurigana, full-width and half-width forms, katakana spellings and when to write a word in kana.
How the official okurigana rules work, why 行う and 行なう are both allowed, and how to pick one spelling and keep it through a whole document.
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