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Is there any difference between furigana and rubi. To my knowledge, both of
these are used to write the provocation of kanji in small print above the
kanji, but is there a difference between these two terms?

In general, is there a resource that lists all such Japanede terms which might
be useful to language learners in a comprehensive list?

Thanks.
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terminology furigana
Difference between furigana and rubi
In Japanese we use the term furigana. I have never heard Rubi even once after
over 10 years of study. After a quick search, it seems to be a more general
term that is used for many language like Chinese and Korean etc. Japanese
don't use that word because they have their own word. But they are the same
thing.

There are many tool lists you can find, and Google will be a much better help
to you than me for that. But I would especially recommend you to install the
browser plugin rikaikun(firefox)/rikaichan(chrome).
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ルビ ( _rubi_ ) is jargon which mainly refers to the characters' appearance
(small annotative characters placed on top of or to the right of main text),
and is preferred in the publishing industry. Even Microsoft Word call those
characters ルビ, and I believe the majority of native Japanese people understand
this term.

We sometimes encounter rubies which are not used to show readings of kanji,
and in such cases I prefer not to use ふりがな ( _furigana_ ).

See:

  * [What does this use of kanji in ruby text mean?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/11224/5010)
  * [Can "furigana" be used to refer to ruby that isn't kana?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/17757/5010)
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