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In modern Japanese orthography (現代仮名遣い hiragana katakana [ 1] The three basic particles は へ , and を wa , e , and o respectively, which would be normally written わ え , and お [ 2] Elsewhere, は ha , and へ he .[ 3]
The spellings of は へ , and を [ 4]
いう ( iu , “ to say ” ) is prescriptively ゆう ( yuu ) .[ 5] In on'yomi [ 6] [ 7] おう ō , identical to おお
In on'yomi えい ē , identical to ええ [ 8]
Kanji
^ Compare this guide from 1903 for the pre-reform 歴史的仮名遣い
^ Spelling the salutation こんにちは こんにちわ
^ As in the nouns 歯( は ) ( ha “ tooth ” ) and 辺( へ ) ( he “ vicinity ” ) .
^ Were it not for this preservation, を o long ago; in modern loanwords wo is written as うぉ
^ Pronunciation as precisely iu is a modern phenomenon, a spelling pronunciation .
^ When う ou , as in 思( おも ) う( omou ) .
^ As しよう ( shiyō volitional of する ( suru ) ) or ありがとう ( arigatō ) .
^ In loanwords, it is generally pronounced as ei , as in メイド ( meido ) .
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