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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
うい begin; beginning; first; first time; naïve
う(い) sadness; anxiety; worry; grief; disappointment; depression
う(いた・かされる・かぶ・かべる) float; (rise to the) surface; life buoy; buoyant; unsubstantial; exceed; be carried off; be delirious; be cheerful; occur to; save (money)
うえ hunger; starvation
うえ 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.
う(える) hunger; starvation
う(える・わる) plant (v.); set upright
うお fish
うかが(い・う) look in; glance surreptitiously at; wait upon ; visit; inquire after/about; consult; hear
う(かる・け・ける) receive; accept; receptacle; catch; popularity; reputation; be a success; sustain; support; supporting; undergo; take an exam; pass an exam
う(かれる・く) float; (rise to the) surface; life buoy; buoyant; unsubstantial; exceed; be carried off; be delirious; be cheerful; occur to; save (money)
うけたまわ(る) receive; succeed to; accept; hear; listen to
う(ける) request; ask; beg; receive; undertake; (sub)contract; redeem
うご(かす・き・く) work;movement; go/put into action; shift; transfer; change; operate (a machine); run (a machine/an enterprise); developments; activities
うし cow
うじ clan; lineage; family name; birth; background; Mr.; Mrs.; Ms.
うしな(う) lose; miss (an opportunity); mistake
うし(ろ) behind; late; after; back; rear; lag; late; afterwards; since (then); ever since; the remainder; (time) remaining; successor
うす mortar; mortar-shaped object
うず whirlpool; eddy
うす(い・める・らぐ・れる) weak; light; pale; dim; shallow; dilute; fade
うずたか(い) pile up
うた sing; song; poem; tanka
うた (traditional) song; folksong; chant Buddhist texts
うた(う) sing; song; poem; tanka
うた(う) (traditional) song; folksong; chant Buddhist texts
うたが(い・う・わしい) suspicion; doubt; question
うち inside; within; home; put in; among; between
う(つ) hit; strike
う(つ) attack; subjugate; avenge oneself
う(つ) strike; hit; attack; shoot (a gun); fire (a gun)
うつく(しい) (delicate) beauty; good; tasty
うつ(す・る) transfer; move; copy; duplicate; transcribe; photograph; project
うつ(す・る) move; transfer; change
うつ(す・る) shining; reflection; projection; shade; shape; match/go with; be conspicuous; be attractive
うった(える) sue; charge; complain; appeal; resort to; touch; move
うつわ container/receptacle; vessel; implement; ability
うで wrist; arm; talent; ability
うと(い・ましい・む・んじる) pass through; sparseness; distant; shun; neglect; ignorant; unfamiliar (with); disagreeable
うなが(す) urge; press; stimulate; draw attention to
うね unit of measurement; ridge; furrow; rib (in ribbed cloth)
うば(う) snatch; seize; take by force; deprive; rob; be riveted; captivated by
うぶ childbirth; produce; production; one's birthplace; local product; local material
うま horse
う(まる・める・もれる) bury; cover; fill
う(まれる・む) childbirth; produce; production; one's birthplace; local product; local material
う(まれる・む) 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
うみ sea; ocean; lake; vast; dense assemblage of objects
うめ plum
うやうや(しい) deferential; reverential; respectful
うやま(う) be stiff; be formal; be ceremonious; respect
うら shore; bay; beach; inlet
うら back; reverse; opposite; inside; (in) secret; behind the scenes; the sole; the bottom half of an inning
うらな(い・う) fortunetelling; fix upon; select; occupy; make up; account for; hold; command; state; tell
うら(み・む) enmity; hatred; grudge
うら(む・めしい) resentfulness; hold a grudge; blame; reproach; be bitter; hate; regret; repent
うらや(ましい・む) covet; yearn for; envy; be left over; remainder
う(る) acquire; gain; (take) advantage; be able to; hit the mark; work well
う(る・れる) make money; sell; be in demand
うるお(う・す) ooze; moisten; benefit; enrich; profit; dim; cloudy
うるし lacquer
うる(む) ooze; moisten; benefit; enrich; profit; dim; cloudy
うるわ(しい) beautiful; lovely
うれ(い・える) grief; sorrow; lamentation; distress
うれ(い・える) sadness; anxiety; worry; grief; disappointment; depression
う(れる) ripen; mature
うわ 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.


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