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イロハニヘト& チ

English translation: a, b, c, d, e, f, & g

03:06 Feb 2, 2010
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Japanese term or phrase: イロハニヘト& チ
Hi,

I came across this Japanese numbering style and got its order confused. Generally, イ=a, ロ= b, ハ= c, ニ= d, ヘ= e, ト=f. But what about チ? Can anybody explain to me the order of this numbering style? Thank you very much.
AniseK
Malaysia
Local time: 01:19
English translation:a, b, c, d, e, f, & g
Explanation:
This is the older syllabic order before the a,i,u,e,o order of today.
The complete order is:
いろはにほへとちりぬるをわかよたれそつねならむうゐのおくやまけふこえてあさきゆめみしゑひもせす
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Carl McBee
United States
Local time: 10:19
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Thank you very much!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3a, b, c, d, e, f, & g
Carl McBee
Summary of reference entries provided
the letter after "と"
Peishun CHIANG

Discussion entries: 1





  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
a, b, c, d, e, f, & g


Explanation:
This is the older syllabic order before the a,i,u,e,o order of today.
The complete order is:
いろはにほへとちりぬるをわかよたれそつねならむうゐのおくやまけふこえてあさきゆめみしゑひもせす



    Reference: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%84%E3%82%8D%E3%81%AF%E9%...
Carl McBee
United States
Local time: 10:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peishun CHIANG: Yes, that's it.
4 mins
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa: Super!
1 hr
agree  Gertraud K.
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Reference comments


19 mins
Reference: the letter after "と"

Reference information:
By the way, there missing "ho" after "ni"!


    Reference: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%84%E3%82%8D%E3%81%AF%E6%...
Peishun CHIANG
Japan
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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