Of these rituals, with respect to Oniyarai-sai (儺祭), it is written that Onmyoji proceeds (to the platform) and recites saibun, but the first half of this saibun is the ondoku (Chinese reading) partly consisting of Chinese (kanji characters), whereas, the latter half is the kundoku (Japanese reading) partly written in Manyogana like norito (Shinto prayer).
このうち儺祭では陰陽師が（壇に）進んで祭文を読むとあるが、この祭文は前半が中国語（漢字）で構成された音読部分であり、後半が祝詞のように万葉仮名の振られた訓読部分となっている。