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    3. 是

    是

    是これ

    just so

    N1KMT8Freq #1045Core ConceptsKanji9 strokes

    組

    是是

    The sun shines on this bolt of cloth, making it just so.

    Kun'yomi

    これこのここ

    On'yomi

    ゼシ

    Nanori

    すなおただしつなゆきよし

    just sothisrightjustice

    日疋

    日
    疋
    卜
    人

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    春星易昆晃昇昌映昌星易昆映晃昨春昇昭冒疎

    Concepts using this kanji

    是正

    correction

    是非

    certainly

    是非とも

    by all means

    彼是

    this and that

    国是

    national policy

    党是

    party platform

    是非是非

    certainly

    是か非か

    right or wrong

    是が非でも

    rightly or wrongly

    社是

    company policy

    日々是好日

    every day is a good day

    実事求是

    practical search for the truth

    昨非今是

    complete reversal of values or ways of thinking

    今是昨非

    complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time)

    定数是正

    reapportionment (of Diet seats)

    校是

    school motto

    店是

    shop policy

    是非無い

    unavoidable

    是非も無い

    unavoidable

    是非に及ばず

    unavoidable

    是非判断

    discrimination of right and wrong

    是々非々

    free and unbiased

    是正措置

    corrective action (measure)

    彼や是や

    this and that

    是非曲直

    rights and wrongs (of a case)

    十如是

    ten thusnesses (in Tendai)

    是生滅法

    the law of arising and ceasing

    是とする

    to consider right

    是

    righteousness

    頑是無い

    innocent

    是非善悪

    rights and wrongs

    色即是空

    form is emptiness

    空即是色

    emptiness is form

    是是非非主義

    principle of being fair and just

    頑是

    distinction between right and wrong

    如是我聞

    thus I hear (quote from the sutras)

    如是

    ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra)

    是認

    approval

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    春

    springtime

    星

    star

    易

    easy

    昆

    descendants

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    • 是非とも
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    • 社是
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    • 空即是色
    • 昨非今是
    • 党是
    • 是是非非主義
    • 店是
    • 如是
    • 如是我聞
    • 定数是正
    • 彼や是や
    • 是正措置
    • 是非曲直
    • 今是昨非
    • 是非判断
    • 是非善悪
    • 是非無い
    • 是非も無い
    • 是非に及ばず
    • 頑是
    • 是
    • 是非是非
    • 十如是
    • 是生滅法
    • 実事求是
    • 日々是好日
    • 校是
    • 是とする

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