振り仮名

ふりがな

furigana (kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation)

仮名

かな かめい かりな けみょう

alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume

新仮名

しんかな

modern kana usage

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

仮名文

かなぶみ かりめいぶん

publication in kana alone

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

仮名本

かなほん かめいほん

book (etc.) written entirely in kana

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

平仮名

ひらがな

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

仮の名

かりのな

alias, assumed name

女仮名

おんながな

hiragana, woman's handwriting

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

旧仮名

きゅうがな

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

頭を振る

かぶりをふる あたまをふる

to shake one's head (in denial)

ルビを振る

ルビをふる

to write ruby characters (small furigana above or beside kanji)

旗を振る

はたをふる

to wave a flag

手を振る

てをふる

to wave one's hand