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I'm still a Nihongo Noob but recently I tried to translate my Aikido
certificate for fun. The important part says:

> [my name]  
>  
>  右者{みぎもの} 今般{こんぱん} 合気道{あいきどう}  
>  
>  参段{さんだん} ヲ 允可{いんか}ス

which basically translates to "Person to the right - now - Aikido - 3rd rank -
permission (?)"

What struck me first was that the object marker ヲ and the ス are in Katakana. I
found out that this is common practice in official documents and sometimes a
matter of fashion.

  1. Can someone confirm this, please?

Second I could not find out the function of the ス. According to Jisho 允可{いんか}
(permission) can be both a noun and a suru-verb.

  2. If it's a noun, what does the ス mean here? And if it's used as a suru-verb, what kind of strange conjugation of する applies here?
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translation conjugations katakana
允可ス on Aikido Certificate - Meaning and Katakana Usage
允可ス is 允可する in modern Japanese. す is the
[classical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Japanese) version of する.
(允可 itself is rare in modern Japanese. We usually say 認可する or 認める today.)

Katakana was the default kana for particles, okurigana and such until
relatively recently.

  * [Orthography at the turn of the previous century](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/14848/5010)
  * [Why is this written in katakana instead of hiragana?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/50317/5010)
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