[rubi-(P); rubi (P)](n) (1) (esp. ルビー) ruby; (2) (esp. ルビ) ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); (3) { comp } Ruby (programming language); (P)#12192[Add to Longdo]
[ひらがな, hiragana](n) (uk) (See 片仮名) hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.); (P)#17499[Add to Longdo]
[くのじてん, kunojiten](n) (See 踊り字) iteration mark shaped like the hiragana "ku" (used in vertical writing to represent repetition of two or more characters)[Add to Longdo]