Components

Example details

 
ぜんげんてっかい
前言撤回
したら
いい
かげん
加減
やつ
おも
われる

If you withdraw your previous statement, you will be considered irresponsible.
Conjugations and inflections
You can find a detailed explanation of this sentence in the Joy o' Kanji essay on   VIEW
Words
0-0
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
(click the word for examples and links)
0 1
1. irresponsible; perfunctory; careless  (often written with kana only)
2. lukewarm; half-baked; halfhearted; vague
(click the word to view an additional 2 meanings and 3 forms, examples and links)
1
Most common form: やつ
1. fellow; guy; chap  (often written with kana only; derogatory; this meaning is restricted to reading やつ)
2. thing; object  (colloquialism; this meaning is restricted to reading やつ)
(click the word to view an additional 1 reading, 1 meaning and 2 forms, examples and links)
2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
(click the word to view an additional 5 meanings and 6 forms, useful expressions, examples and links)
Kanji
ゼン   まえ before   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
the body part and the sword
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
テツ    withdraw, remove   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
hand
イク   そだ to grow up   そだてる    はぐく to raise, to rear   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
private lidded
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ム   private
lid
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ぼく strike   
カイ   エ   まわ to revolve   まわ to make turn   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
box, enclosure   
カ   くわえる to add to   くわわる to join, to be added to   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ゲン   へ become less   へらす reduce   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
all, together, same   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
number 5, 5th   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
tasseled spear
スイ   みず water   
ド   guy
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
また again   
シ   おも to think   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
Flashcards
Please LOG IN for free flashcards
More info on this sentence: Google Japan ⇗ Sentence translate
Problem with this example? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×