furigana

English

Examples

彼 (かれ)、私 (わたし)のこと何 (なに)か言 (い)ってました？

Kare, watashi no koto nani ka itte mashita?

Did he say anything about me?

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 振り仮名 (furigana, literally “assigned phonetic character”).

Noun

furigana (uncountable)

kana printed next to or above a kanji or other character to indicate the pronunciation:

Synonyms

ruby, rubi

Translations

furigana

Arabic: فُورِيغَانَا‎‎ f (furigānā), فُورِيغَانَا‎‎ f (furiḡānā)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 振假名 (zh) (zhènjiǎmíng)
Japanese: 振り仮名 (ja) (ふりがな, furigana), ルビ (ja) (rubi)

Korean: 후리가나 (hurigana)
Russian: фурига́на f (furigána), ру́би (ru) m (rúbi)
Thai: ฟุริงะนะ (fúríngáná)

Anagrams

Garifuna, Garífuna, fungaria

Japanese

Romanization

furigana

Rōmaji transcription of ふりがな

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