Skip to main content
Category

Japanese Word

詠: to sing

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

詠 [咏] yǒng

verb
: to sing

Kun Reading

詠む | よむ yomu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to compose (e.g. a Japanese poem); to write
: to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant

詠う | うたう utau

godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to sing
: to sing (one’s praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

詠じる | えいじる eijiru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to compose (e.g. poem); to recite; to sing

詠ずる | えいずる eizuru

zuru verb | transitive verb
: to compose (e.g. poem); to recite; to sing eijiru

On Reading

えい ei

Read More

永: eternal

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

永 yǒng

adjective | verb | adverb
: eternal; forever; always; perpetual

Kun Reading

永 | なが naga

prefix | suffix
: long

永い | ながい nagai

adjective
: long (time); lengthy

永き | ながき nagaki

noun | noun prefix
: long distance; long time

永の | ながの nagano

pre-noun adjectival
: long; eternal

On Reading

えい ei

Read More

壞: bad; rotten; sly

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

壞 [坏] huài

adjective
: bad; spoiled; rotten; sly
: broken; to break down
: (suffix) to the utmost

Kun Reading

壊す | こわす kowasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to break; to destroy; to demolish
: to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage
: to break (a bill, etc.)

壊れる | こわれる kowareru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: bosom; bust
: (breast) pocket; purse; handbag

On Reading

かい kai

え e

Read More

懷: bosom; heart; mind

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

懷 [怀] huái

adjective
: bosom; heart; mind
: to think of; to harbor in one’s mind
: to conceive (a child)

Kun Reading

懷 | ふところ futokoro

noun
: (out-dated kanji) bosom; bust
: (breast) pocket; purse; handbag

懐 | ふところ futokoro

noun
: bosom; bust
: (breast) pocket; purse; handbag

懐う | おもう omou

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to think; to consider; to believe
: to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
: to judge; to assess; to regard
: to imagine; to suppose; to dream
: to expect; to look forward to
: to feel; to desire; to want
: to recall; to remember

懐く | いだく idaku

godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug

懐く | なつく natsuku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: (usually written using kana alone) to become emotionally attached

懐かし | なつかし natsukashi OR なつかしい natsukashii

no-adjective
: dear; desired; missed

懐ける | なつける natsukeru

ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to win over; to win another’s heart

懐こい | なつこい natsukoi

adjective
: amiable; affable; likable

懐しい | ゆかしい yukashii

adjective
: admirable; charming; refined
: nostalgic
: (Usually written using kana alone) curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)

懐かしむ | なつかしむ natsukashimu

godan verb with mu ending | transitive verb
: to yearn for (someone, something); to miss

On Reading

かい kai

Read More

錯: mistake; wrong

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

錯 [错] cuò

noun | adjective
: mistake; wrong; bad
: interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish
: to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver

Kun Reading

錯 | こすり kosuri

noun
: rubbing; scrubbing; scraping

錯そう | さくそう sakusou

noun | suru verb
: complication; intricacy

On Reading

さく saku

Read More