Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of おくりがな – see the following entry.
送り仮名
[noun] [1477] (orthography) okurigana: the kana that records inflectional endings (after the root of a kunyomi is applied to a kanji)
Alternative spellings
送りがな, 送仮名
(This term, おくりがな, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)