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Old Japanese expression 2008/4/2 09:24
I came across this while I was trying to apply some of the Chinese characters I've learned in Mandarin to Japanese words.

"–ηΖ"

I know that Ζ is pronounced ‚©‚Θ, but I have no idea about –η. I believe that it is an archaic expression. If someone could give me the furigana to this phrase and tell me what it means, that would be excellent.

Thanks!
by Jeemusu  

... 2008/4/2 10:57
I believe it's "nari." And yes, it does appear in old or literary Japanese.
by AK rate this post as useful

Maybe... 2008/4/3 01:34
I think the reading is ya-kana

Check out this site
http://ship.nime.ac.jp/~saga/images/yakana1.html
by Robuda rate this post as useful

Narikana 2008/4/3 10:29
–ηis called "Nari" and it means just like "desu" or "da" for current Japanese.

So probably the phrase means "dearuna..."(impressed).

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