おくりがな

Japanese

Noun

おくりがな • (okurigana) 

For pronunciation and definitions of おくりがな – see the following entry.

【送り仮名】 [noun] [1477] (orthography) okurigana: the kana that records inflectional endings (after the root of a kunyomi is applied to a kanji) Alternative spellings 送りがな, 送仮名

(This term, おくりがな, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)