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Furigana (振り仮名, ****anese pronunciation: [ɸɯɾigaꜜna] or [ɸɯɾigana]) is a ****anese
reading aid
consisting of
smaller kana (syllabic characters)
printed either...
- school. In publishing,
characters outside this
category are
often given furigana. The jōyō
kanji were
introduced in 1981,
replacing an
older list of 1,850...
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manga is
seinen is by
looking at
whether furigana is used over the
original kanji text: if
there is
furigana on all kanji, the
title is
generally aimed...
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kanji 盗賊,
glossed with
furigana as Shīfu (シーフ), are
normally read as Tōzoku ("thief"). The
kanji 鉱石生命体,
glossed with
furigana as Sutōnzu (ストーンズ), are...
- lesser-known
kanji in
order to show pronunciation; this is
called furigana.
Furigana is used most
widely in children's or learners' books.
Literature for...
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called okurigana.
Hiragana can also be
written in a
superscript called furigana above or
beside a
kanji to show the
proper reading. This is done to facilitate...
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denote groups of people).
Katakana is
sometimes used
instead of
hiragana as
furigana to give the
pronunciation of a word
written in
Roman characters, or for...
- as in children's books).
furigana (振り仮名)—phonetic
renderings of
hiragana placed above or
beside the
kanji character.
Furigana may aid
children or non-native...
- but the
furigana is
given as "ハンター", or "hunter". The
kanji is
given as "12人の刺客",
which roughly translates to "Twelve ********ins". The
furigana reads "マジョスティックトエリブ"...
- Here is an
example of ****anese ruby
characters (called
furigana) for
Tokyo ("東京"): Most
furigana are
written with the
hiragana syllabary, but katakana...
