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振ふり仮名がな (furigana)

,pronunciation key

  • JLPT N2
  • noun
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  • #69055 most frequent

Meaning

振り仮名 (ふりがな, furigana) is a JLPT N2 noun meaning “,pronunciation key”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

名前なまえに振ふり仮名がなをつけてください。

Please indicate the pronunciation of your name with kana.

また振り仮名は片仮名で表す。

It was accompanied by furigana (kana syllables written beside Chinese characters to aid in reading) in the form of katakana (the square form of kana or the Japanese syllabaries).

『往来物』に、枯山水に「フルセンスイ」と振り仮名を振ってある記述がある。

In "oraimono" (primary textbooks in the style of corresponding letters), there was a description of 'karesansui (dry landscape)' with furigana (attached Japanese syllabary) of 'furusensui.'

江戸中期を過ぎると、句点・返り点・送り仮名、さらには振り仮名をほどこしたものも現れる。

After the mid Edo period, some Teikin Orai containing kuten (punctuation marks), kaeriten (signs to indicate reading order), okurigana (hiragana to accompany kanji), and furigana (hiragana to show pronunciation) started to be seen.

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