A Japanese reading aid, consisting of smaller kana, or syllabic characters (typically hiragana), printed next to a kanji or other character to indicate its pronunciation. A type of ruby text.

Tag this on posts which have furigana present, given how it can help figure out how to render names in [[romaji text|romaji]], and help those learning the language.

h4. See also

* [[Nonstandard furigana]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Furigana":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furigana
振り仮名 ルビ