"okurigana" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: okurigana [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 送(おく)り仮名(がな) (okurigana). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|送り仮名|おくりがな}} 送(おく)り仮名(がな) (okurigana) Head templates: {{en-noun|okurigana}} okurigana (plural okurigana)
  1. (orthography) In the Japanese language, the kana which follow a stem written with kanji, which record how that stem is inflected, and guides recognition of the appropriate kun'yomi reading (word stem associated with the kanji); for example, く (ku) and かべる (kaberu) in 浮(う)く (uk-u, “to float”, intransitive) and 浮(う)かべる (uk-aberu, “to float”, transitive), or む (mu) and きる (kiru) in 生(う)む (umu, “to birth”) and 生(い)きる (ikiru, “to live”). Perhaps analogous to -st, -nd in English 1st (first), 2nd (second). Wikidata QID: Q1335954 Wikipedia link: okurigana Categories (topical): Japanese, Orthography Translations (kana written after kanji): 送假名 (sòngjiǎmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 送り仮名 (okurigana) (Japanese), 오쿠리가나 (okurigana) (Korean), окурига́на (okurigána) [feminine] (Russian)
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