ふりがな

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciationword usually written using kana alonesee also

Other forms

り【ふりがな】
りがな【ふりがな】
【ふりがな】

Generated definitions (experimental)

furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation

This refers to the phonetic characters (hiragana or katakana) that are placed next to or above kanji to help readers know how to pronounce them. It is commonly used in educational materials, children's books, and any context where kanji may be difficult for the reader.

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This book has furigana next to the difficult kanji.

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He understood the meaning of the kanji by reading the furigana.

Generated collocations (experimental)

to add furiganaつき付きwith furiganato read furiganato use furiganato attach furiganakanji with furiganafurigana for kanji

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

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Wiktionary

Example sentences

2 results

1. 。。

I'm looking for an easy-to-read manga with furigana.

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2. 、、じゃまジャマ。。

I worry that, because the Japanese lines in this site are written with furigana, they take up a lot of space, and the people who don't even care about them in the first place might find them annoying.

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