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kana printed next to or above akanji or othercharacters to indicate theirpronunciation :
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The updates section of xxxHolic‘s site (scroll to 2010/1/18) says it’s “Kaza Nagi” 「風（かざ）なぎ」 – I haven’t learned the kanji 風 in my Japanese class yet, so I dunno if the furigana is a typo or what.
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In this case the hiragana characters are referred to as furigana or yomigana.
MSDN Blogs 2009
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In this case the hiragana characters are referred to as furigana or yomigana.
MSDN Blogs 2009
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Music: Somewhere in between… And then of course you have the practice of writing 極美 and giving it the furigana アイデアル.
Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » Haters gonna hate: Mori Ogai on translation 2010
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As for scanlations, I don't usually like them much. o_o; I generally only read them if the manga I just bought has no furigana oh, I am too reliant on furigana for comprehension!
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I'll post them, kanji and all, but with furigana so if you can read kana, you can read the lyrics.
writing and translating asakiyume 2006
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However, the pronunciation of this kanji compound indicated as sensou by the furigana above it is also a homonym of the word for "war."
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As for zhuyin fuhao ㄓㄨㄧㄣㄈㄩㄏㄠ, another argument in their favor is the convenient way they are used in editions of classical texts annotated for students, aka duben 讀本 (the most prestigious collection of this kind is the « turquoise-cover » one published by Sanmin shuju), just like Japanese furigana, i.e. with the transcription of each character on its left side (the text being in columns).
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While the kanji might have been used as is, there's a chance that one might find furigana in some instances.
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