平仮名

ひらがな

hiragana, cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

片仮名

かたかな カタカナ

katakana, angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

男仮名

おとこがな

kanji (esp. used as phonetic symbols), man's handwriting

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

音仮名

おんがな

(prior to the advent of kana) kanji used to represent readings of words, selected for their on-yomi, regardless of meaning

仮名序

かなじょ

kana preface to the Kokin Wakashū

訓仮名

くんがな

(prior to the advent of kana) kanji used to represent readings of words, selected for their kun-yomi, regardless of meaning

旧仮名

きゅうがな

former (i.e. before the post-WWII reforms) kana usage in writing the readings of kanji

女仮名

おんながな

hiragana, woman's handwriting

新仮名

しんがな

modern kana usage

仮名本

かなほん かめいほん

book (etc.) written entirely in kana

仮名文

かなぶみ かりめいぶん

publication in kana alone

送り仮名

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

仮名遣い

かなづかい

kana orthography, syllabary spelling

振り仮名

ふりがな

furigana (kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation)

新仮名遣

しんかなづかい

modern kana usage (as laid out by the Japanese government in 1946)

仮名手本

かなでほん かめいてほん

Japanese kana copybook

変体仮名

へんたいがな へんたいかめい

anomalous cursive syllabary, non-standard kana

万葉仮名

まんようがな

early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically