[rubi-(P); rubi (P)](n) (1) (esp. ルビー) ruby; (2) (esp. ルビ) ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); (3) { comp } Ruby (programming language); (P)#12192[Add to Longdo]