| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n anomalous cursive syllabary | 変体仮名 |
| gen. | n character written in a cursive style | 崩し字 |
| gen. | n cursive form of man'yougana | 草仮名 |
| gen. | n cursive handwriting | 続け字 |
| gen. | n uk cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words | ひら仮名 (esp. function words, inflections, etc.) |
| gen. | n uk cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words | 平仮名 ichi1 news2 nf36 (esp. function words, inflections, etc.) |
| abbr. | cursive script | 草 (kusa) |
| gen. | n cursive script | 草書体 |
| gen. | n cursive script | 草書 news2 nf43 spec2 |
| gen. | n cursive style | 筆記体 |
| gen. | n cursive style of writing or calligraphy | 崩し書き news1 nf13 |
| gen. | n cursive typeface | 筆写体 |
| gen. | n printed, semi-cursive, and cursive scripts | 楷行草 |
| gen. | n running and cursive scripts | 行草 |
| gen. | n semi-cursive style of kanji | 行書体 |
| gen. | n semi-cursive style of kanji | 行書 news2 nf46 |
| gen. | n the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive | 六体 |
| gen. | write in cursive style | 崩す ichi1 news2 nf31 (くづす) |