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    2. Kanji
    3. 矢

    矢

    矢や

    dart

    N1KMT8Freq #1294Sports & Martial ArtsMilitaryKanji5 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    や

    On'yomi

    シ

    dartarrow

    天

    矢
    大

    Stroke 0 / 5

    Speed1.0x

    矯矩短知矧矣矮医矯短知矩医矧猴矣矮

    Concepts using this kanji

    矢

    arrow

    矢先

    arrowhead

    矢張り

    as expected

    矢っ張り

    as expected

    矢鱈

    indiscriminately

    矢面

    firing line

    一矢

    one arrow

    矢継ぎ早

    rapid succession (e.g. questions)

    一矢報いる

    to retaliate

    一矢を報いる

    to retaliate

    二の矢

    second arrow

    大矢

    long arrow

    矢場女

    prostitute in a brothel disguised as an archery range

    四矢

    matched set of four arrows for target shooting

    矢印

    arrow (symbol)

    矢作

    fletcher

    矢先に

    just when (one is about to ...)

    的矢

    arrow and target

    的矢かき

    Matoya Oyster (from Matoya bay, Mie-ken)

    矢文

    letter affixed to an arrow

    矢場

    archery range

    矢来

    rough fence of bamboo, logs, etc. constructed at battle sites or execution grounds

    矢立

    portable brush-and-ink case

    矢状

    sagittal

    矢取り

    arrow collector (at an archery range)

    矢石

    arrows and stones

    矢面に立つ

    to be in the firing line

    石火矢

    ancient type of cannon

    竹矢来

    bamboo enclosure

    矢状面

    sagittal plane

    下矢印キー

    down arrow key

    矢車

    arrow wheel (decorative windmill on the pole on which carp streamers are raised)

    通し矢

    long-range archery

    下向き矢印

    down arrow

    神矢

    divine arrow

    流矢

    stray arrow

    流れ矢

    stray arrow

    矢細工

    fletcher

    数矢

    mass-produced arrows

    矢切の渡し

    Yagiri No Watashi (ferry that has been taking passengers across the Edo river for nearly 400 years)

    火矢

    fire arrow

    矢視図

    arrow view

    矢師

    fletcher

    矢竹

    bamboo arrow shaft

    矢飛白

    pattern resembling that of arrow feathers

    白羽の矢が立つ

    to be selected (from among many people)

    白羽の矢を立てる

    to select someone (out of many people)

    矢音

    whistle of an arrow (shooting through the air)

    矢印キー

    arrow key

    矢種

    one's supply of arrows

    矢玉

    ammunition

    矢の根

    arrow-head

    根矢

    arrowhead

    矢車草

    Roger's bronze leaf

    犬矢来

    short arched (traditionally bamboo) fence around walls of traditional townhouses, esp. in Kyoto (protects lower walls from fouling or damage)

    浮矢幹

    Scirpus yagara (species of club-rush)

    矢羽

    arrow feathers

    矢束

    arrow length

    矢庭

    archery range

    矢庭に

    suddenly

    矢板

    sheet pile (structural element used in construction)

    矢狭間

    loophole

    甲矢

    arrow with feathers that curve to the left (the first of two arrows to be fired)

    矢車菊

    cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

    矢の催促

    strongly and repeatedly urging (demanding, requesting, pressing)

    矢状縫合

    sagittal suture

    遠矢

    long-distance arrow (archery)

    矢柄責め

    torture in which the victim is whipped with arrow shafts

    矢跡

    wedge marks in stone (usu. remaining from stone-splitting, now used for visual effect)

    吹き矢

    blowgun

    赤矢柄

    red cornetfish (Fistularia petimba)

    矢倉

    caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods

    青矢柄

    bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii)

    光陰矢のごとし

    time flies like an arrow

    洗い矢

    ramrod

    矢柄

    shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo)

    弓矢神道

    Yumiya Shinto (Edo-period sect of Yoshida Shinto)

    鬼の矢幹

    Gastrodia elata (species of saprophytic orchid)

    矢虫

    arrow worm (any worm of phylum Chaetognatha)

    矢叫び

    yell made by archers when firing a volley of arrows

    掛矢

    mallet

    矢偏

    kanji "arrow" radical at left

    毒矢

    poisoned arrow (dart)

    鋼矢板

    steel piling

    矢も盾もたまらず

    unable to stay still

    征矢

    arrow (for use in battle)

    破魔矢

    (ceremonial) arrow used to drive off evil

    矢刃

    weapon

    逸れ矢

    stray arrow

    矢筈模様

    herring-bone pattern

    吹き矢筒

    blowgun

    弓矢

    bow and arrow

    乙矢

    arrow with feathers that curve to the right (the second of two arrows to be fired)

    矢筒

    quiver

    矢鱈滅多ら

    indiscriminately

    滅多矢鱈

    reckless

    弓矢八幡

    Hachiman, god of war and archery

    矢毒蛙

    poison dart frog (Dendrobatidae spp.)

    コバルト矢毒蛙

    blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates azureus)

    刀折れ矢尽きて

    having exhausted every available means

    刀折れ矢尽きる

    to exhaust all one's options

    矢枕

    thumb joint where an arrow rests (archery)

    矢筈

    nock of an arrow

    蝶矢

    Choya Corporation

    猛毒吹矢蛙

    golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis)

    狐矢

    stray arrow

    巻藁矢

    close-range fletched practice arrow

    藍染矢毒蛙

    dyeing poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)

    斑矢毒蛙

    green and black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus)

    嚆矢

    whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle

    鏑矢

    arrow with a whistle attached

    矢筈豌豆

    common vetch (Vicia sativa)

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    • 矢っ張り
    • 一矢
    • 逸れ矢
    • 遠矢
    • 弓矢
    • 光陰矢のごとし
    • 二の矢
    • 矢
    • 矢印
    • 矢鱈
    • 矢面
    • 矢面に立つ
    • 火矢
    • 毒矢
    • 矢叫び
    • 征矢
    • 矢先
    • 矢先に
    • 矢柄
    • 矢継ぎ早
    • 矢羽
    • 吹き矢
    • 破魔矢
    • 通し矢
    • 竹矢来
    • 石火矢
    • 鏑矢
    • 矢文
    • 矢玉
    • 矢立
    • 矢来
    • 矢飛白
    • 矢庭に
    • 矢場
    • 矢筈
    • 矢筒
    • 矢種
    • 掛矢
    • 滅多矢鱈
    • 流れ矢
    • 弓矢八幡
    • 一矢を報いる
    • 矢車草
    • 嚆矢
    • 白羽の矢が立つ
    • 白羽の矢を立てる
    • 刀折れ矢尽きて
    • 矢車菊
    • 矢車
    • 矢偏
    • 矢切の渡し
    • 矢視図
    • 矢竹
    • 矢虫
    • 下向き矢印
    • 下矢印キー
    • 矢印キー
    • 矢倉
    • 刀折れ矢尽きる
    • 矢筈模様
    • 矢柄責め
    • 赤矢柄
    • 青矢柄
    • 浮矢幹
    • 鬼の矢幹
    • 矢場女
    • 矢庭
    • 矢取り
    • 狐矢
    • 弓矢神道
    • 矢束
    • 数矢
    • 矢の根
    • 甲矢
    • 乙矢
    • 巻藁矢
    • 四矢
    • 犬矢来
    • 矢状面
    • 矢毒蛙
    • 矢師
    • 矢作
    • 矢細工
    • 的矢
    • 矢の催促
    • 矢張り
    • 的矢かき
    • 矢狭間
    • 矢跡
    • 矢石
    • 矢状縫合
    • 矢状
    • 洗い矢
    • 大矢
    • 神矢
    • 根矢
    • 矢刃
    • 矢も盾もたまらず
    • 矢枕
    • 流矢
    • 吹き矢筒
    • 矢板
    • 鋼矢板
    • 一矢報いる
    • 矢筈豌豆
    • 矢音
    • 藍染矢毒蛙
    • 猛毒吹矢蛙
    • コバルト矢毒蛙
    • 斑矢毒蛙
    • 矢鱈滅多ら
    • 蝶矢

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