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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
flour; powder; dust; facial powder; white
child; son; boy; person; suffix appended to small objects; rat (as the first sign of the zodiac); north; 11 P.M. to 1 A.M.
tree; wood
small; little; infant; a little bit
こい long for; be anxious for; love
こ(い) thick; dense; strong; dark (color)
こい(しい) long for; be anxious for; love
こう mysterious power; God; god; mind; supreme; ancestor; soul of the dead
こ(う) request; ask; beg; receive; undertake; (sub)contract; redeem
こ(う) long for; be anxious for; love
こ(う) request; beg
こうば(しい) fragrance; scent; incense; perfume; savory (smell)
こうむ(る) cover; be covered; reach; suffer; incur; passive auxiliary verb
こえ fat; gain weight; fertilize; manure; night soil; enrich; cultivate
こえ sound; voice; rumor; reputation
こ(える・す) clear; cross; go over/beyond; exceed; pass; pass time; go; come; move (house)
こ(える・す) exceed; surpass; go beyond; cross over; go over; super-; ultra-; distant
こ(える・やし・やす) fat; gain weight; fertilize; manure; night soil; enrich; cultivate
こおり ice; be frozen; freezing cold
こお(る) frozen over; freeze; chill
こ(がす・がれる・げる) scorch; scorching hot; burn; singe; char; fretfulness; anxiety; haste; hurry; impatience; crave; pine for; be dying to; deep in love
こけら persimmon; wood chips; shingle
こけ(る) grow slim/thin; sterile/barren
こご(える) frozen over; freeze; chill
ここの nine
ここの(つ) nine
こころ heart; mind; breast; center; core; thought; consideration; meaning; taste; spirit; sincerity; emotion; feelings
こころざし resolve; will; aspiration; intention; aim; have one's heart set on; kindness; present/offering; record; memo
こころざ(す) resolve; will; aspiration; intention; aim; have one's heart set on; kindness; present/offering; record; memo
こころ(みる) attempt; trial; test
こころよ(い) pleasant; comfortable; refreshing; enjoyable
こし waist; hips; small of the back
こた(え・える) answer; solve; repay; reward
こた(える) respond; reply; accede (to); agree (to); reward; return
こと thing; matter; serve
こと koto
こと say; speak; talk; tell; express; order; call; mean; speech
こと(なる) different; unusual
ことぶき 寿 longevity; congratulations
ことわ(る) cut/break (off); stop; act/do (resolutely); disappear; decision; refuse; reject; decline (a request); prohibit; permission; ask permission; give notice; give warning; abstain from; quit (a bad habit); make an excuse
こな flour; powder; dust; facial powder; white
この(ましい・み・む) like; love; desirable; favorable; fondness; pleasing; fine; taste; choice; preference
こば(む) defend; refuse; deny
こぶし fist
こま colt; horse; bridge (of a stringed instrument); shogi/chess pieces
こま(か・かい) fine; slight; thin; slender; narrow; detailed; dwindle
こま(る) distress; difficulty; trouble; be at a loss
こ(み・む・める) place inside; inclusion; mixture; crowdedness; be intricate; load (a gun); put one's heart into something
こ(む) mix; stir; blend
こめ crop grain; rice; (abbreviation for) America
こ(める) basket; contain; include; encompass; unite; shut oneself up; cage
こも(る) basket; contain; include; encompass; unite; shut oneself up; cage
こよみ calendar; destiny; fate; lifespan; era; period
こ(らしめる・らす・りる) reprimand; punish; chastise; teach someone a lesson; learn a lesson; learn from (bitter) experience
こ(らす・る) rigidity; concentration; stiff; strain, be absorbed in; fix attention on; elaborate
ころ for a moment/short time; lately/recently; (vague period of) time
ころ(がす・がる・げる・ばす・ぶ) roll (over); turn; fall down; knock down; change; transport
ころ(す) scrape; shave; erase; kill
ころも clothing; wear; dress; cover; coating; (cooking) batter; icing
ころもかけ beam; girder; rack for hanging kimono; abacus bar; digit; (numerical) placeholder
こわ(い・がる) frightened; afraid
こわ(す・れる) collapse; destruction; pull down; tear down; breakage; damage; injury


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