In the inscription of "Yama no Ue no Hi" (the monument on the mountain top) (built in 681), the Chinese characters on the monument were arranged in the order of the Japanese sentence, with the kana portions, such as okurigana (kanas added to a Chinese character to show its pronunciation) and postpositional particles, removed.
『山ノ上碑』（681年）では、漢字を日本語の語順に並べ、「送りがな」や「助詞」など、かなの部分を取り除いた碑文となっている。