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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
vinegar; sour
nest; build a nest; lair; den; (spider's) web; hotbed
sandbank; province; state
す(い・っぱい) acid; sour; severe
す(う) suck; breathe; inhale; take in; absorb; smoke
すえ treetop; small; trifling; end; youngest child; period of decadence; (in) the future
す(える・わる) set; place; settle down to; settle upon
す(かし・かす・く・ける) leave a gap/space; create a gap/space; opening; look through; transparency; thin (out); empty out; be free/unoccupied; watermark
すがた 姿 appearance; figure; form; shape
すき fissure; crack; crevice; discord; spare time
すぎ cryptomeria; Japanese cedar
す(き) like; love; desirable; favorable; fondness; pleasing; fine; taste; choice; preference
す(ぎる・ごす) passage; passing time; elapse; exceed; go past; be over; err; mistake; fault
すく(う) rescue; save; help
す(くう) nest; build a nest; lair; den; (spider's) web; hotbed
すく(ない) few; little; some
すぐ(れる) graceful; flexible; gentle; excel; superior; kind; tender
すけ help; assistance; save; rescue
すご(い・む) cold; fierce; terrible; horrible; threaten
すこ(し) few; little; some
すこ(やか) health; vigor
すさ(まじい) cold; fierce; terrible; horrible; threaten
すじ muscle; line; lineage; thread (of a story); plot; reason; logic; (information) source
すず bell
すず(しい・む) cool; refreshing
すす(む・める) advance; offer; promotion
すす(め・める) urge; recommend
すす(める) recommend; suggest; advise; encourage; offer
すそ hem; cuff; foot of a mountain
すた(る・れる) abandon; abolish; decline; go out of use/fashion; die out
すで(に) already
す(てる) abandon; toss away; give up; leave as is
すな sand; select; sort
すな sand, fine
すべか(らく) beard; necessary; should; ought
すべ(て) full; fully; all; perfect; entirely; completely; utterly; in truth; indeed
すべ(る) slip/slide; glide; skate; ski; smooth; fail; be demoted
す(まい・む) dwell; reside; inhabit; live; remain put; house; home; address; dwelling
す(ます・む) make clear; become clear; clean; transparent; purify; serene; put on airs
す(ます・む) manage (to do/with); finish; be over/at an end; economic management; settle an account; pay; settle (a matter); do without; adjust; help; cross (a river); pass safely
すみ corner; nook
すみ ink block; India ink
すみ coal; charcoal; carbon
すみ(やか) fast; quick; speedy; prompt; immediately; speed
す(る) scrape away impurities; rub; clean; print
す(る・れる) rub; chafe; rustle; run through (one's money); become worldly-wise
するど(い) pick; select; zeal; enthusiasm
すわ(る) seat; sit; constellation; theater


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