using kanji for their phonetic value. Examples include (kurabu, club), (Furansu, France), (Afurika, Africa) and (Amerika, America). See also Idu script, Korean analogue References Citations Works cited External links An extensive list of man’yōgana arranged according to the characters, and not their readings Tomasz Majtczak: How are we supposed to write with something like that? Early employment of the Chinese script to write Japanese as exemplified by the Man’yōshū. Manyogana Manyogana Man'yōshū Nara period Asuka period Archaic Japanese language Japanese writing system