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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
eye; look; mark; point; classification; ordinal ending
truth; essence; reality
gap; space; between; among; room; during; pause; interval; (passage of) time
まい dance of entreaty; dance; flitter; glide
まいない bribe
まい(る) three; join; mix; meet; come; go; visit; obey
ま(う) dance of entreaty; dance; flitter; glide
まえ forward progress; before; in front
ま(かす・ける) carry goods on one's back; carry; bear (a load); be burdened; be shouldered with (responsibility); owe; sustain (an injury); turn one's back to/upon; go against; lose; be defeated; succumb (to); flee
まか(す・せる) responsibility; duty; undertake; entrust; leave (up to another); leave to chance; endure
まかな(う) bribe; finance; supply; offer; provide; serve; boarding
ま(がる・げる) bend; curve; tilt; turn; crooked; distorted; melody
まき raise livestock; pasture
まき roll; roll up; reel; coil; wind (up/around); volume; books; scrolls
まぎ(らす・らわしい・らわす・れる) confusion; mixture; disorder; be distracted/diverted; ambiguous; misleading; conceal
ま(く) roll; roll up; reel; coil; wind (up/around); volume; books; scrolls
まくら headrest; pillow
まご descendents; grandchild
まさ(に) punctual; right; correct; straighten; proper; surely; certainly
まさ(る) be superior to; be predominant; excel; victory; win; defeat
ま(さる・し・す) pile up; add; increase; gain; multiply; breed; extra; increasingly; more and more
ま(ざる・じる・ぜる) mix; stir; blend
ま(ざる・じる・ぜる) cross; intersect; exchange; come and go; mix; blend; mingle; keep company with; associate with; converse
まじ(える・わり・わる) cross; intersect; exchange; come and go; mix; blend; mingle; keep company with; associate with; converse
まじな(い・う) incantation; curse; spell; to damn
ます measuring implement; measuring box; unit of measurement (approximately 1.8 liters); box seat
まず(しい) poverty
また above; beyond; again; moreover; or
また thigh; crotch
またた(き・く) wink; blink; twinkle; flash
まだら spotted/dappled/speckled/mottled (pattern)
まち town; street
まち town; sector
まつ pine tree
ま(つ) wait; await; entertain
まった(く) full; fully; all; perfect; entirely; completely; utterly; in truth; indeed
まつ(り・る) offer prayers; worship; festival; event
まと target; mark; objective; obvious; hit; -like
まど window
まど(う) perplexity; mislead; go astray
まなこ eye
まな(ぶ) school; study; learn
まぬか(れる) escape; be rescued from; avoid; evade; elude; exempt
まね(く) beckon; invite; engage; bring about; incur
まぼろし illusion; vision; specter; phantom; confusion
まめ bean; pea; pulse; miniature
まも(る) defend/protect; guard; watch; govern; observe (a tradition); maintain (a position); keep (one's word); stick to; protector; keeper; babysitter
まゆ eyebrow; eyebrow-shaped object
まゆ silkworm cocoon
まよ(う・わす) go astray; be lost; confound; be perplexed; be at a loss; doubt; uncertainty; illusion; delusion; tempt; captivate
まる round; circular; spherical; roll up; make a ball of; wad up; entire; suffix in the names of ships
まる(い) round; circular; spherical; yen
まる(い・める) round; circular; spherical; roll up; make a ball of; wad up; entire; suffix in the names of ships
まわ(し・す・り・る) rotate; revolve; spin; turn around; go around; pass around; spread; take effect; number of times; encircle; curve; return; detour; cycle; refer to; transfer; sumo wrestler's belt
まわ(り) surroundings; circumference; circulate


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