the column in the Japanese syllabary of syllables formed by combining the consonant sound "t" with the vowel sounds "a," "i," "u," "e," and "o"
the 'ya' line of the Japanese syllabary
Japanese wordings
the literature on Japan in English
a method of speech notation in which Roman letters are used for writing Japanese words called Romaji
of the Japanese syllabary, the 'u' line
to read characters derived from Chinese by their Japanese pronunciations
the writing system of Japanese characters in Romaji, called {'kunrei-shiki'}