仮

kana indicating the pronunciation of kanji; furigana

man'yōgana; early Japanese syllabary of Chinese characters used phonetically

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Moonlight Mask (fictional superhero)

modern kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); new kana orthography

working hypothesis

kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending

old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography

representation in hiragana; hiragana notation

Computing

kana input

old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); historical kana orthography

post-disaster public-funded rental accommodation

historical kana orthography (used before 1946 reform); old kana orthography

mixed writing (kanji and kana)

new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography

counterfactual thinking; counterfactual assumption; counterfactual supposition

Biology

Red Queen hypothesis (of evolutionary biology)

Gaia hypothesis; Gaia theory; Gaia principle

Medicine

fetal distress; foetal distress

cursive form of man'yōgana; man'yōgana written in sōsho style

new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography

Linguistics; じ,ぢ,ず,づ

yotsugana; the four kana (ji, di, zu, du)

kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "on" readings (prior to the advent of kana)

alternative hypothesis

non-standard kana; variant kana forms; hentaigana