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rubi en · NOUN

Etymology

From Japanese ルビ (rubi), from English ruby.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of ruby (“pronunciation guide for Chinese or Japanese characters”).
    alt of ruby
    • "Shinjuku Sketch" demonstrates another of Ryutanji's trademark techniques, which was established in The Age of Wandering: writing English loan words as kanji Chinese character compounds cribbed with rubi to convey a visual sense of international modernism and global culture. 2010, Alisa Freedman, Tokyo in Transit: Japanese Culture on the Rails and Road, page 170:
    • Bespoke combinations of kanji can also be created, because the intended phonetic and semantic readings can be supplied by the rubi glosses. 2012, Nana Sato-Rossberg, Judy Wakabayashi, Translation and Translation Studies in the Japanese Context, page 158: