1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ext/mixed/js/japanese.js b/ext/mixed/js/japanese.js
index 78c419b2..1201e524 100644
--- a/ext/mixed/js/japanese.js
+++ b/ext/mixed/js/japanese.js
@@ -102,11 +102,7 @@ function jpDistributeFuriganaInflected(expression, reading, source) {
     const shortest = Math.min(source.length, expression.length);
     const sourceHiragana = jpKatakanaToHiragana(source);
     const expressionHiragana = jpKatakanaToHiragana(expression);
-    while (
-        stemLength < shortest &&
-        // sometimes an expression can use a kanji that's different from the source
-        (!jpIsKana(source[stemLength]) || (sourceHiragana[stemLength] === expressionHiragana[stemLength]))
-    ) {
+    while (stemLength < shortest && sourceHiragana[stemLength] === expressionHiragana[stemLength]) {
         ++stemLength;
     }
     const offset = source.length - stemLength;