Kanji vocabulary index, page 841 of 1688
Every kanji vocabulary entry in the Kumi dictionary, in stable order. 168,790 entries total.
- 説明がつくto explain adequately; to be accountable
- 風鐸bronze wind bells hanging from eaves of temple towers or halls (esp. four corners)
- 寺内inside a temple
- こびり付くto stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
- 尻を据えるto sit down
- 暇を出すto dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to let go
- いつまで経ってもno matter how much time passes
- 夕冷えevening chill; cool of the evening
- 汗衫ancient Japanese sweat-absorbent summer garment
- 夜を明かすto stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
- 鞘走るto slip out of one's scabbard (of swords)
- 藁草履straw zori
- 檜皮色dusky-red; color of cypress bark
- 頭身head and body
- 捩じ倒すto wrench someone down to the ground
- 鞘を払うto draw a sword
- 執念いstubborn; persistent
- 肉食鳥carnivorous bird
- 何ぼhow much; how many; how
- 鶴は千年亀は万年enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years
- 土佐犬tosa (dog breed)
- 村はずれedge of town; outskirts of a village
- 下ネタdirty joke; blue joke
- みかじめ料protection money
- 小さめsmallish; on the small side
- 短周期short cycle; short period
- 出やすいtending to break out or project easily
- 岩板rock plate
- 沈み込むto sink (into)
- 不支持non-support; disapproval (e.g. in an opinion poll)
- 目を引くto attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
- 人目を引くto grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
- 注目を引くto make a splash; to draw attention
- 高齢化aging (of a population); ageing
- カ国counter for countries
- 棚に上げるto shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to
- 一回りも二回りもone or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)
- 男の中の男man among men; manly man; alpha male
- 頭子音initial consonant; syllable onset
- 声母initial (part of Chinese syllable)
- 口音oral consonant (as opposed to nasal)
- 末子音final consonant
- 韻尾yunwei (secondary vowel or consonant following the primary vowel of a Chinese character)
- 切韻qieyun (ancient Chinese dictionary arranged by rhyme, displaying characters' meanings and representing their pronunciation with fanqie)
- 等呼denghu (phonetic method of classifying Chinese finals)
- 遣隋使Japan's envoy to Sui dynasty China
- 対馬音Wu dynasty reading of Chinese characters
- 維摩経Vimalakirti Sutra
- 漢字音Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
- 反切fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
- 五芒星pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
- 末文phrases, etc. at the ends of letters, etc.
- 地球に優しいearth-friendly; ecological; sustainable
- 嗄らすto talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
- 過燐酸superphosphate
- 軽い気持ちcasual; doing something without taking it too seriously
- 川釣りriver fishing
- 川波ripples on a river
- 皮なめしtanning
- 革紐leather strap; thong; leash
- 革表紙leather cover; leather binding
- 代わり合うto relieve each other; to take turns (to do)
- 歓joy; enjoyment; delight
- 第二次上海事変Battle of Shanghai (1937)
- 簡simplicity; brevity
- 鐶ring; link
- カンカン帽boater; (flat) straw hat
- 支那事変Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
- 管外outside the jurisdiction (of)
- 乾球dry-bulb
- 甘汞calomel (mercury chloride)
- 緩手ineffective move (in go or shogi); wasted move
- 感じやすいsensitive; susceptible; impressionable
- 日華事変Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
- 緘するto seal; to shut; to close
- 波に乗るto go with the flow; to go with the times
- お目目eyes
- 型費tooling cost; die cost
- 金型費(metal) tooling cost; tool charges
- 聡いclever; smart
- ヶ国語counter for languages
- 濡れ手に粟easy profit
- 疑団a doubt that lurks in one's soul and that cannot be resolved
- 殺処分culling; putting down; slaughtering
- 真実と向き合うto face the truth
- 中日戦争Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
- 事実婚de facto marriage; common-law marriage
- お釈迦様Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)
- 日華戦争Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
- 節目節目each juncture; each turning point
- 被葬者the entombed; the person buried (usually in burial mounds, etc.)
- 村興しrevitalization of a village; village renewal (project)
- 大東亜戦争Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
- 帝国議会Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947)
- 町興しrevitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
- 膝皿貝chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora); sea cradle
- 朝鮮動乱Korean War (1950-1953)
- 起こしdevelopment; revitalization
- 粔籹millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, soybeans, etc.)
- 朝鮮事変Korean War (1950-1953)