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What is furigana? As you learn Japanese, you probably wonโt get too far before you encounter furigana, even if you donโt realize at the time what they are. They're ubiquitous in Japan and in Japanese media like books or manga.
Furigana exists only in written Japanese, not spoken. Some Japanese language learners rely on furigana to boost their vocabulary knowledge. And help them make sense of words that they donโt understand.
But others avoid it at all costs, saying that it compromises their ability to actually learn Japanese.
In order to make the decision about whether or not to use furigana for yourself, you need to know what it is, how it works and why it even exists! So let's start by answering the question: what is furigana?
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You might see the word furigana and panic. It ends with -gana, just as hiragana and katakana do. Does that mean you have another phonetic writing system in Japanese to learn?
Thankfully, no.
Furigana is a system used to help people read kanji (and sometimes foreign words) if they donโt know how.
Because kanji can be read in many ways depending upon what other kanji they are with, itโs no wonder that when youโre figuring out how to pronounce a kanji youโve never seen before, you might not have anything even close to a guess. Furigana is meant to fix that.
Furigana are small letters (typically hiragana) that appear above a kanji word and describe how it is pronounced. This way, you donโt have to memorise the reading of every single kanji that exists!
It looks like this:
You can see that we have benkyou (to study), written in kanji (ๅๅผท). Above it, written in hiragana, is benkyou again (ในใใใใ).
The purpose here is so that if you came upon ๅๅผท and thought, โWow, Iโve never seen that kanji before!โ you will understand how to read it phonetically.
Youโre most likely to see furigana in widely consumed media like manga, Japanese books, and games, because the producers of these items donโt know for sure who is going to be interacting with them and whether those people might need some help reading the words.
If kanji are written vertically (like they would be in a manga), the furigana appear to the right like so. And, like the rest of the text, they are read from top to bottom:
Why Do Japanese Native Speakers Use Furigana?
SoโฆJapanese speakers can speak Japanese. Big surprise. Why on earth would they need a reminder of how to read words, then?
The truth of the matter is that Japanese people don't know every single Japanese word. Just like English speakers donโt know every single English word. And unlike English, there is no guide or rule about how to read a kanji when itโs next to another kanji.
In order to take the guesswork out of it, Japanese publications will use furigana to ensure that the text is accessible to the greatest number of people possible.
As a reminder, the jouyou kanji, or the common use kanji that you learn as you go through school in Japan, amount to just over 2,000 characters. This in no way compares to the tens of thousands of other kanji that are not in daily use.
Rare or uncommon kanji or words almost always have furigana with them unless the text is highly specific.
For example, just as a masterโs degree-level linguistics textbook might no longer have definitions of โbasicโ (by that point) terms like semantics, a highly advanced Japanese book specializing in one topic may stop using furigana on the assumption that readersโby that pointโunderstand how to read these unique or specific words.
Another reason that furigana are so common is because the media can't control who consumes their content. As children grow and are still learning kanji, they continue to need assistance in practicing how to read them.
Thus, most highly visible text (again, as in manga or advertisements) will come with furigana for words of medium difficulty or rarity to assist lower-level speakers.
How Does It Work?
Furigana is put together by centering it over the top (or to the right) of the text that it is guiding you on how to pronounce.
The furigana are not separated into โchunksโ and centered over the specific kanji they are sounding outโunless itโs a very long word, where the formatting will likely place the most relevant furigana over the kanji that it is pronouncing.
So most sentences will look like this:
Watashi ha inu ga daisuki desu. (I love dogs so much.)
There are a few things to note here. First is that in daisuki, you can see that as soon as the kanji stop, so do the furigana. The โkiโ is not included in the kanji, even though itโs included in the word daisuki.
Furigana aren't there to help you read entire words. Their purpose is to help you read kanji. So it is important to remember that the information presented may not be an entire word.
Second, note how the furigana are centered over the kanji they represent. The โiโ in โdaiโ is not formatted such that it stays exactly over the kanji โdaiโ. Itโs allowed to creep over to the kanji read as โsu.โ
You can't compare a single kanji with the furigana over it on a one-for-one basis.
When very long words are used, however, furigana will usually be broken apart so that they remain over top of the kanji they are sounding out, depending upon whether the font stretches out the kanji when written.
Over English Words
Occasionally, you will come across furigana over English words. For example, some Japanese people donโt know how to read the English word โmicrowave.โ
If they encounter that word as English text, it may have Japanese katakana (the โforeign wordโ syllabary) written over it to assist native Japanese speakers with pronouncing it.
Like this:
Watashi ha microwave wo kaimashita. (I bought a microwave.)
Japanese people may encounter these English words amid Japanese writing in, for example, foreign advertisements or in the instruction manuals for foreign products. Remember, the purpose of furigana is to help you read by pronunciation.
Should I Use Furigana When Learning?
The great debate: should you rely on furigana to learn Japanese?
Some people claim that reading text that is full of furigana gives you consistent exposure to complex kanji while still allowing you to read. Over time, this should boost your ability to recognize those kanji without the furigana since youโve gotten used to seeing them.
On the other hand, some people claim that by having furigana, you always have a crutch while reading anything in Japanese. Because of this, youโll never have to learn to recognise or write the kanji you see because you rely too much on furigana.
So the decision of whether to learn Japanese with or without furigana can be a difficult one.
In the end, part of the decision comes down to you and knowing yourself.
If you present yourself with furigana, are you the type of person to never push your learning past that? Will your eyes default to the simple furigana and not even bother with the kanji? If so, you may want to consider limiting your furigana usage.
Conversely, if you have access to furigana, are you going to attempt to read things at or above your level and challenge yourself? If thatโs the case, you can follow the rules of StoryLearning and learn Japanese by reading โ the most effective way to learn a new language!
What Is Furigana FAQ
What is a furigana example?
Furigana are small hiragana or katakana characters written above or beside kanji to show their pronunciation.
For example, in ๆฑไบฌ (ใจใใใใ), the furigana ใจใใใใ helps readers pronounce โTokyo.โ Furigana is commonly used in children's books, language learning materials, and dictionaries.
What is furigana for foreigners?
For foreigners learning Japanese, furigana is a helpful reading aid that shows how to pronounce kanji characters.
It is commonly found in textbooks, beginner-friendly books, and Japanese subtitles.
Many Japanese learning apps and dictionaries also provide furigana for easier comprehension.
What is furigana in English?
Furigana doesn't have a direct equivalent in English, but it functions similarly to phonetic guides or pronunciation keys.
It is primarily used to help readers, including children and non-native speakers, correctly pronounce difficult kanji.
In written Japanese, furigana appears in small hiragana or katakana characters above or beside kanji.
What is furigana on a form?
On Japanese forms, the โfuriganaโ field asks for the pronunciation of a person's name using hiragana or katakana.
This helps ensure correct pronunciation, especially for names with rare or complex kanji.
For example, if someoneโs name is ๅฑฑ็ฐๅคช้ (ใใพใ ใใใ), they would write ใใพใ ใใใ in the furigana section.
Final Thoughts On What Is Furigana?
In the end, itโs important to remember that everybodyโs learning journey is different. What works for you may not work for someone elseโand vice versa. Take an honest and critical look at yourself to decide what role furigana should play in your studies.
But remember: even Japanese native speakers rely on it sometimes. If you need to use it too, thereโs certainly no shame in that.
The best middle ground if you are unsure is just to immerse yourself in the language and consume the same media that Japanese native speakers would.
This will provide you with an appropriate level of furigana akin to what a native speaker would encounter in their day to day life.
You can begin with elementary textbooks and manga, which may have more. And after work your way up to more advanced texts that have less.
As always, immersion is your best choice for developing a robust and lasting understanding of the Japanese language, especially immersion through stories which is the core of the StoryLearningยฎ method.
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