noun
furigana
Furigana (noun) means Kana printed next to or above a kanji or other character to indicate the pronunciation.
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Kana printed next to or above a kanji or other character to indicate the pronunciation.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 振り仮名 (furigana, “annotating kana”, literally “assigned provisional character”).
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"furigana" (noun) means kana printed next to or above a kanji or other character to indicate the pronunciation.