四つ仮名

Yotsugana (四つ仮名, literally "four kana") are a set of four specific kana, じ, ぢ, ず, づ (in the Nihon-shiki romanization system: zi, di, zu, du), used in the

the latter, the distinction between all four of the traditional yotsugana (四つ仮名, literally "four kana") syllables ジ /zi/, ヂ /di/, ズ /zu/ and ヅ /du/ is still

casually or more formally. There is some debate over whether the yotsugana (四つ仮名) are distinguished in the Kishu dialect. Some have indicated that they are