グループルビ

noun

group ruby; furigana for a whole compound

Technical term in Japanese typography. Refers to furigana that is associated with an entire compound word rather than individual characters. Contrasts with モノルビ (mono ruby), where each character gets its own reading.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from group ruby

See also: モノルビ

• グループルビは、熟じゅく語ご全ぜん体たいに振ふり仮が名なを付つける方ほう式しきです。

  Group ruby is a method where furigana is attached to an entire compound word.

• この辞じ書しょでは、グループルビとモノルビを使つかい分わけています。

  This dictionary uses group ruby and mono ruby appropriately.