ルビー
also: ルビ
Meanings
1
Refers to the red gemstone. Usually written ルビー.
Her ring has a large ruby set in it.
2
ruby character; furigana
Small kana printed above or beside kanji to show the reading. Used especially in publishing and typography; often written ルビ.
This book has ruby characters attached to difficult kanji.
3
Only with reading ルビー
The programming language. Always written ルビー.
He is developing a web application in Ruby.
Usage patterns
- ルビーの〈物〉a ruby (item), e.g. ring or necklace set with a ruby
She received a ruby ring.
- 〈物〉にルビを振るto add furigana (ruby characters) to a word or text
I added furigana to the difficult kanji.