smaller kana printed next to (vertical) or above (horizontal) non-kana text as pronunciation guide

smaller kanji historically used as a pronunciation guide, similar to modern furigana

a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana / a syllabogram, an individual character belonging to one of the syllabaries: kana / a temporary name, an alias

please give me / (expressing a request) please do something for me

Please do (action)

Please do not (do)

to inform, to teach, to instruct / to tell

please give me / (polite, imperative) please do something for me; expressing a request

kanji

swing / (after a verb) false pretense; pretending / (comedy) setup line before punch line