わりちゅう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of わりちゅう – see the following entry.

【割注】 [noun] (typography) a block of small-sized text, used as a note and placed right next to the word or phrase which it clarifies Alternative spellings 割註, 割り注, 割り註

(This term, わりちゅう (warichū), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)