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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
tame; control; honorary prefixdefend
male; strong; brave; manly
tail; tail end; copulate
small; little; infant; a little bit
link; preface; cord; beginning/end; protruding part of an object; clue; continuum
お(いる) old; elderly
お(う) 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
お(う) follow; pursue; add; catch up with; drive off; drive out; expel
お(う) birth; life; new; fresh; sprout; raw; alive; by nature; youth; unripe; pure; bear fruit; spare a life; bring back to life; make use of; make a living; be/remain valid; arrange flowers/plants; grow; undiluted
おうぎ fan
お(える・わり・わる) finish; end; the close; termination; conclusion
おお big; large; great; full; spacious; extremely; too; excellent; general
おお(い) much; many
おお(う) spread over; turn over; overturn; turn back; capsize; overthrow; overrule; disprove
おお(う) cover; lid
おお(きい) big; large; great; full; spacious; extremely; too; excellent; general
おお(せ) look up at/to; respect; revere; depend on; another's commands/wishes; take
おおやけ open; public; fair; official; governmental
おか hill; mound
おか piled earth; mound; hill
おか hill; knoll
おか(す) violation; criminal (act)
おか(す) risk; brave; dare; have a bad effect on; damage
おか(す) invade; violate; infringe; seep in
おが(む) bow deeply; respect; worship; pray to; receive; be assigned
おき offshore; offing; open sea
お(き・く) place; set; put; leave as is; deal with; position; every; every other (day/month etc.)
おぎな(う) aid; mend; compensate; make up for; supply
お(きる・こす・こる) arise; awaken; cause; occur; generate; start; begin; establish; originate in; stay awake
おく depths; secret; inner part; in one's heart; corner; back room; wife; recesses (of a valley)
おく(らす・れる) slow; late; delay; defer; lag; wait patiently; at length; at last
おく(る) send; give; transport
おく(る) give; present
おく(れる) behind; late; after; back; rear; lag; late; afterwards; since (then); ever since; the remainder; (time) remaining; successor
おこ(す・る) raise; build; promote; interest; prosperity; prevalent
おごそ(か) severity; strictness; solemnity
おこた(る) be lazy; be idle; neglect; be inattentive; skip
おこな(う) go; movement; procession; road; line (of people); conduct; do; perform
おこ(る) anger
おご(る) proud; arrogant
お(さえ・さえる・し・す) press; push; thrust; shove; hold down; stop; stamp (papers/a passport etc.); (a) weight; pressure; seize; catch; arrest; control
おさ(える) exert pressure; restrain; hold down; control; suppress; repress
おさな(い) infant
おさ(まる・める) control; quell; calm down; settle down; subside; govern(ment); peace; healing; cure
おさ(まる・める) arrange; practice; master; govern oneself; conduct oneself
おさ(まる・める) pay; supply; deliver; furnish; store; put away; accept; settled; finished; content
おさ(まる・める) gather; collect; obtain; put in/away; restore; replace; settle
お(しい・しむ) regret; disappointment; lament; reluctant; (reluctant to) spare/grudge; cherish; hold/regard dear; precious; pitiful; wasteful
おし(え・える) teach; instruct; tell/show (how to do); lesson; teachings; precept; doctrine; religion
おす male; strong; brave; manly
お(す) infer; conjecture; suppose; assume; recommend; support
おそ(い) slow; late; delay; defer; lag; wait patiently; at length; at last
おそ(う) inherit/succeed to; seize; attack; sweep over
おそ(らく・れ・れる・ろしい) fear; threaten; fearsome; awe; dread; apprehension; concern; terrible; horrible; fierce; tremendous; probably; possibly
おそれ give careful thought to; be anxious about; fear; apprehension; concern
おそ(れ・れる) fear; apprehension; dread; awe; reverence
おそ(わる) teach; instruct; tell/show (how to do); lesson; teachings; precept; doctrine; religion
おだ(やか) calm; quiet; peaceful; moderate
お(ち・ちる・とし・とす) drop; fall; omit; settle down; collapse; come off/out; die down; decline; fail (a test etc.); be inferior; remove; trap; trick; mistake; punch line (of a joke)
おちい(る) fall; ensnare; entrap; capture; sink; pitfall
おっと mature male; husband
おと indistinct utterance; sound; noise; tone; news/word of; ON reading of a kanji
おとうと younger brother; disciple
おど(かす・す) threaten; frighten; fear; be scared; startle
おとこ man
おとしい(れる) fall; ensnare; entrap; capture; sink; pitfall
おとず(れる) visit; search for; come
おど(り・る) jump up; spring up; rise up; dance; manipulate
おと(る) inferiority; weak
おど(る) leap; jump; spring up; dance
おとろ(える) weaken; decline
おどろ(かす・き・く) surprise; astonishment; fright; shock; wonder; marvel
おな(じ) same; equal
おに ghost; spirit; devil; demon, ogre
おのおの strike something hard and come to a stop; each; every; various
おのれ oneself; sixth in a series; sixth calendar sign
おび wear; carry; belt; zone; accompany
おびや(かす) threaten; frighten; fear; be scared; startle
お(びる) wear; carry; belt; zone; accompany
おぼ(える) realize; learn; awaken; come to one's senses; (Buddhist) enlightenment; remember; memory; bear in mind; feel
おぼ(れる) be immersed in; drown
おも face; surface; aspect; mask; turn (a face) to; look away; side; direction; counter
おも master; owner; leader; main; principal; god
おも(い・う) think; consider; believe; be sunk in thought
おも(い・さ・たい・み・んじる・んずる) weight; heavy; pile up; be piled upon; fold; ply; occur simultaneously; do repeatedly; place weight on/attach importance to; value highly; importance; important; depressing; serious
おもて surface; face; chart; express; expression; outside; appearance; show; mark; monument; sign; outdoors; the top half of an inning
おもて face; surface; aspect; mask; turn (a face) to; look away; side; direction; counter
おもむき interest; taste; intent; aim; import; purport; tenor; meaning; contents; aspect; appearance
おもむ(く) rush up toward; go/proceed to (hurriedly); approach; get/become; tend to
おや parent; relative; intimate; group leader
およ(ぐ) float; swim
およ(び・ぶ・ぼす) reach/extend; overtake; amount to; equal; and; as well as; come to; exert; affect
おり break; interrupt; die; lose; bend; fold; turn; suitable time; suitable moment; opportunity; yield to; judge; decide on; at the time of; folded object; small wooden box
お(り・る) weave; banner; silk fabrics
お(り・る・れる) break; interrupt; die; lose; bend; fold; turn; suitable time; suitable moment; opportunity; yield to; judge; decide on; at the time of; folded object; small wooden box
お(りる・ろす) under; low; lower; below; down; subordinate; descend; come/go down; fall; drop; hang (down/from); hand down; younger; have diarrhea; abort (a fetus); step/move back; withdraw; leave the capital; retire; surrender; carry; remove; clear a table; grate; give; do someone the favor of; obtain; latter half
お(りる・ろす) descend; fall; get off/out; lower; unload; transfer; defeat; retire; give up; to rain; to snow; abort (a fetus)
おれ I; me
おろ(か・かしい) hardheaded; stupid; foolish; silly
おろし unload; wholesale
おろ(す) unload; wholesale
おん tame; control; honorary prefixdefend
おんな woman


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