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Free Online Japanese Kanji Hiragana Glossary
(The most comprehensive Free Online Japanese Kanji Hiragana Glossary of Official Use Characters on the Web)

An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto

– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –

Comprehensive Japanese Kanji Hiragana Glossary
Japanese English Kanji Word DictionaryKanji Stroke Order Count Word DictionaryKanji Radical Word DictionaryKanji (Hiragana & Katakana) ON Word DictionaryKanji (Hiragana & Katakana) KUN Word DictionaryChinese Kanji Character Word Family DictionaryJapanese (Nihongo) Kanji Character Word Dictionary Glossary


     
   
     
 

* There are no KUN readings beginning with ら・り・る・れ・ろ.
This glossary is inclusive for KUN readings of the 1,945 Official Use Characters



Glossary Search Results
あい indigo
あい mutual; together; watch; assist; assistant; shape; appearance; (grammatical) voice; emphatic verbal prefix; minister
あいだ gap; space; between; among; room; during; pause; interval; (passage of) time
あ(う) meet; assemble; interview
あ(う) meet
あ(う) meet; encounter; subject; be subject to
あ(う・わす・わせる) fit; join; put together; meet; suit; match; agree with; coincide with; correspond to; be correct; add; combine; set; adjust; adapt oneself to; check
あお green; blue; youth; immaturity
あお(い) green; blue; youth; immaturity
あお(ぐ) look up at/to; respect; revere; depend on; another's commands/wishes; take
あか red
あか(い・める・らむ・らめる) red
あ(かす・きる・く) become tired of; become weary of; be satiated; be fed up with; become bored with; do to a great degree
あ(かす・く・くる・ける) open; bright; brightness; light; spend/pass (the night); be visible; the next/following (day/week/year); begin; end; dawn; disclose; confide; clarity; evident; obvious; be conversant with; Ming Dynasty
あかつき dawn; daylight; daybreak; enlighten
あか(らむ・るい・るむ) open; bright; brightness; light; spend/pass (the night); be visible; the next/following (day/week/year); begin; end; dawn; disclose; confide; clarity; evident; obvious; be conversant with; Ming Dynasty
あ(がり・がる・げる) above; up; upper; top; rise; raise; offer; ascent; readiness; completion; just after; go up; climb; enter; end; increase; improve; on; beyond; first (half); emperor; raise/bring up (a matter); record; upward (bound); go to the capital; reach.
あ(がる・げて・げる) raise; action; pick up; do/perform; all/all together; in a body; indicate; demonstrate; nominate; arrest; hold (a ceremony)
あ(がる・げる) raise; elevate; (deep) fry
あき autumn; fall
あきな(い・う) trade; commerce; business; merchant; deal in; compare
あき(らか) open; bright; brightness; light; spend/pass (the night); be visible; the next/following (day/week/year); begin; end; dawn; disclose; confide; clarity; evident; obvious; be conversant with; Ming Dynasty
あきら(める) give up; resign oneself to; be reconciled to
あ(く・ける) open; make/drill a hole; be space between; develop; begin; hold (a party/meeting etc.); release
あ(く・ける) empty; vacant; sky; the air; (open/empty) space; absent-minded; pretend
あけ open; bright; brightness; light; spend/pass (the night); be visible; the next/following (day/week/year); begin; end; dawn; disclose; confide; clarity; evident; obvious; be conversant with; Ming Dynasty
あげ raise; elevate; (deep) fry
あご jaw
あこが(れる) long for
あこが(れる) yearning; aspiration; longing for; admiration
あさ morning; dynasty
あさ hemp; linen; flax
あざ raise and increase the number of children; character; letter; small administrative unit
あさ(い) shallow; light; pale; slight; little; few
あざけ(る) sneer; ridicule
あざむ(く) deceive; trick; cheat
あざ(やか) fresh; fine; bright; brilliant; skillful
あし leg
あし leg; foot; add; supplement; suffice; serve (a purpose); compensate (for); aid; help
あじ taste; flavor; zest; relish; appreciate
あじ(わい・わう) taste; flavor; zest; relish; appreciate
あず(かる・ける) in advance; keep; deposit; entrust
あずま east; eastern Japan
あせ sweat
あせ(る) scorch; scorching hot; burn; singe; char; fretfulness; anxiety; haste; hurry; impatience; crave; pine for; be dying to; deep in love
あそ(ばす・ばせる・び・ぶ) move about freely; recreation; play; nomadism; be at ease; game; pastime; diversion; amusement; pleasure; enjoyment; have fun; take a vacation; be idle; be out of use; leave free/idle; deign to
あたい value; price
あたい price; value
あた(える) work jointly; participate; give; grant
あたた(か・かい・まる・める) warm; hot
あたた(か・かい・まる・める) warm up; heat up
あたま head; head (of a group); leader; top; hair (on the head); beginning; brains; intellect; the mind; counter for certain animals
あたら(しい) new; recently; lately
あた(り) border; boundary; vicinity; end; edge; side
あ(たり・たる・て・てる) be on the mark; fit; face; hit; aim; purpose; expectation; guess; object; put/place against; pawn; deserve
あつ(い) hot; heat
あつ(い) heat; hot
あつ(い) thick; heavy; cordial; warm; warm-hearted
あつか(い・う) handle; dispose; treat; deal with
あつ(まる・める) gather; collect; assemble; stay; remain; reach (a situation); achieve; poem collection
あて bend; wind; as if; just like; addressed (to); allotment
あ(てる) fulfill; satisfy; fill; apply; allot; allocate; assign
あと behind; late; after; back; rear; lag; late; afterwards; since (then); ever since; the remainder; (time) remaining; successor
あと scar; mark; trace
あと footprint; marks; traces; remains; ruins
あな hole
あなど(る) be contemptuous of; scorn; despise; make light of
あに elder brother
あね elder sister; respectful, friendly term for a woman older than oneself
あば(く・れる) expose; reveal; violent; rough; sudden(ly)
あ(びせる・びる) bathing; pour (water); shower; immerse oneself (in an activity); heap upon; bask; receive/be subjected to; under fire
あぶ(ない) danger; risky; critical; close escape;narrow escape; nearly; almost; barely; fear; be anxious; uncertain; unreliable; dubious; doubt
あぶら fat; grease; resin
あぶら oil
あま the sky; the heavens; the natural world; the supreme god; destiny; emperor; heaven
あま rain
あま nun
あま(い・える・やかす・んじる・んずる) tasty; mild; delicious; sweet; indulgent; lenient; spoil (a person); insufficiently serious; overly optimistic; loose; take advantage; be content (with); be resigned (to); accept
あま(す・り・る) surplus; remain; leave; be left over
あみ net
あ(む) knit; compile; edit; combine
あめ the sky; the heavens; the natural world; the supreme god; destiny; emperor; heaven
あめ rain
あや(うい・うく・ぶむ) danger; risky; critical; close escape;narrow escape; nearly; almost; barely; fear; be anxious; uncertain; unreliable; dubious; doubt
あや(しい) alluring; bewitching; weird; calamity
あや(しい・しげ・しむ) mystery; wonder; doubt; suspicion; strange; dubious
あやつ(り・る) manipulate; operate; manage; pull strings; chastity; fidelity; puppet; marionette
あやま(ち・つ) passage; passing time; elapse; exceed; go past; be over; err; mistake; fault
あやま(り・る) mistake; err
あやま(る) apologize; thank
あゆ(む) walk; pace; interest rate
あら(い) coarse; rough
あら(い・す・っぽい) wasteland; wild; rough; lay waste to; devastate; go to ruin; vast; violence; riot; storm; chapping
あら(う) wash; rinse
あらし (mountain) storm/tempest; (refreshing) mountain air
あらそ(い・う) struggle; compete; argue; fight
あら(た) new; recently; lately
あらた(まる・めて・める) reform; renew; anew; amend; correct; replace; improve; change; check; again; another time; be formal; be ceremonious
あらわ(す) literary work/effort; write; book; marked; striking; adhere; meet with
あらわ(す・れる) appear; emerge; reveal; show; present; reality
あらわ(す・れる) surface; face; chart; express; expression; outside; appearance; show; mark; monument; sign; outdoors; the top half of an inning
あ(る) be; exist; location; stay; be alive; in; country(side)
あ(る) have; be; exist
ある(く) walk; pace; interest rate
あ(れ・れる) wasteland; wild; rough; lay waste to; devastate; go to ruin; vast; violence; riot; storm; chapping
あわ bubble; foam; froth
あわ(い) slight; pale; faint; light
あわ(せる) unite; join; combine; put together
あわ(ただしい・てる) be confused; be flustered; be agitated; panic; busy; hurried; rushed; bustling
あわ(れ・れむ) grief; sorrow; pathos; pity; compassion; mercy


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