In this example the syllable modernly romanized as "ki" () was transcribed 'qi', "ku" () as 'cu', and the syllable group "ha", "hi", "fu", "he" and "ho" () were written 'fa', 'fi', 'fu', 'fe', and 'fo' respectively. Also the syllable "o" () was written 'vo', "tsu" () was 'tçu', "shi" () was 'xi', and "e" () was sometimes 'ye'. To what extent these particular idiosyncrasies of spelling reflect how Japanese was actually pronounced in the 16th century is of great interest to scholars of Japanese historical linguistics.