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2. Kanji (era) Kanji was a Japanese era after Ōtoku and before Kahō. Thi... Read more Details かんじ 冠辞 Links Noun 1. stereotyped epithet Details かんじ 官事 Links Noun 1. government business Details かんじ 莞爾 Links Adverb taking the 'to' particle, 'taru' adjective 1. smiling Details かんじ 官寺 Links Noun 1. state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and ...

Kun reading compounds 月 【つき】 Moon, month, moonlight, (a) moon, natural satellite 月末 【げつまつ】 end of the month 卯月 【うづき】 fourth month of the lunar calendar 祥月 【しょうつき】 month of a person's death

On reading compounds 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student 生育 【セイイク】 birth and growth, giving birth and raising, development, breeding 回生 【カイセイ】 resurrection, resuscitation, coming back to life, regeneration, nth-year university student 公衆衛生 【コウシュウエイセイ】 public health, public hygiene, sanitation 生 【セイ】 life ...

Kun reading compounds 車 【くるま】 car, automobile, vehicle, wheel, castor, caster 車椅子 【くるまいす】 wheelchair 火の車 【ひのくるま】 fiery chariot (that carries the souls of sinners into hell), desperate financial situation, dire straits お車 【おくるま】 car

On reading compounds 小 【ショウ】 smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), elementary school, smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior, younger (of two people with the same name), junior, unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m) 小雨 【コサメ】 light rain, drizzle 微小 【ビショウ】 microscopic 中小 【チュウショウ ...

Kun reading compounds 飛ぶ 【とぶ】 to fly, to soar, to jump, to leap, to spring, to bound, to hop, to spatter, to scatter, to splash, to fly (e.g. of sparks), to hurry, to rush, to flee, to run off, to escape, to disappear, to vanish, to fade, to thin out, to break off, to come off, to fall off, to blow (of a fuse), to be sent out (of an order), to fly (of false rumours, catcalls, etc ...

On reading compounds 漢 【カン】 China, Han dynasty (of China; 202 BCE-220 CE), Han (majority Chinese ethnic group), man 漢字 【カンジ】 kanji, Chinese character 巨漢 【キョカン】 giant 門外漢 【モンガイカン】 outsider, layman, amateur

On reading compounds 見 【ケン】 view (of life, etc.), outlook 見解 【ケンカイ】 opinion, point of view 後見 【コウケン】 guardianship, guardian, (theatrical) assistant, prompter 政見 【セイケン】 political views