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現代仮名遣い

現代仮名遣
げんだいかなづかい
modern kana usage (as laid out by the Japanese government in 1946)
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作業仮説

さぎょうかせつ
working hypothesis
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捨て仮名

捨仮名
すてがな
small okurigana used with kanbun; small kana used for diphthongs (ya, yo, yu, i, etc.)
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振り仮名

振りがな、振仮名
ふりがな
furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
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草仮名

そうがな
cursive form of man'yougana; man'yougana written in sousho style, an intermediate stage between hiragana and man'yougana
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送り仮名

送りがな
おくりがな
kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word (may inflect); declensional kana ending
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読み仮名

読みがな
よみがな
kana indicating the pronunciation of kanji; furigana
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ひらがな表記

平仮名表記
ひらがなひょうき
representation in hiragana; hiragana notation
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変体仮名

へんたいがな
anomalous cursive syllabary; non-standard kana
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万葉仮名

まんようがな
early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically