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How do you translate furigana?
Select text you want to translate. Right-click to display context menu and choose “Furigana” with yellow icon. This will translate selected text. Because sometimes it hard to select entire sentence, especially around the edges, when you select the middle of sentence, entire block of text will be translated.
Does ai mean love?
In Japanese, both “ai （愛）” and “koi （恋）” can be roughly translated as “love” in English.
What is cute kanji?
可愛い
可愛い (kawaii in kanji) means “cute” in Japanese, though its also often written only in hiragana as かわいい (kawaii). But the meaning of “kawaii” can change based on context. Sometimes it means anything “small” and “loveable”.
What is furigana and why is it important?
Basically Furigana is an information, written in hiragana/katakana about the pronunciation of a word. There are thousand of kanji character in Japanese. And not all people are able to read them. They might know the word though. Not to mention that one kanji can be read with many different ways.
What is furigana in kanji?
Based on the reader target, publisher will add proper furigana to a kanji character to avoid the reader mispronounce the word. Most of the time it will be used for uncommon kanji or name. For this purpose, the furigana will be written with hiragana. For example, 勉強 will have べんきょう (benkyou) as furigana.
What is furigana (振り仮名)?
Furigana––often written in kanji as 振り仮名, but also in hiragana as ふりがな, or in katakana as フリガナ––are reading hints that tell you about the pronunciation of a word or phrase in Japanese. Furigana is sometimes called “ruby” (ルビー), a term that derives from the size of a font once used in printed type.
Does furigana help or hinder Japanese language learning?
Some Japanese language learners rely on furigana to boost their vocabulary knowledge. And help them make sense of words that they don’t understand. But others avoid it at all costs, saying that it compromises their ability to actually learn Japanese.