Vocabulary
What does 振り仮名 (ふりがな, furigana) mean?
振り仮名 (ふりがな, furigana) means furigana (kana glosses showing kanji readings).
Quick facts| Reading | ふりがな |
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| Romaji | furigana |
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| Part of speech | noun |
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| Level (estimated, JLPT framework) | N2 |
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N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonfurigana
furigana (kana glosses showing kanji readings)
- 1noun furigana; kana printed above or next to kanji to indicate pronunciation
Example sentences
この本には振り仮名があります。
This book has furigana.
難しい漢字に振り仮名をつけた。
I added furigana to the difficult kanji.
