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Radical number: 100Frequency: 15
JLPT: N5Ring: 2Set: 1Grade: 1Intermediate lesson: 1Beginner lesson: 4Begins561wordsUsed in1512wordsUsed in 4372
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Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Kanji types
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Common readings
On
On readings
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日 is read as に, one of the on readings.
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セイ ショウ
Kun
Kun readings
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would first come up in level
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would first come up in level
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would first come up in level
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2. born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
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slicing a fish and presenting it at table in its original form; slices of fresh raw fish arranged to look lifelike (see also: 活け造り)
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1. innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears (esp. 初, 初心; often written with kana only)
noun (prefix)
2. birth- (産, 生)
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1. third month of the lunar calendar (obsolete term)
2. thick growth (of grass, etc.) (archaic)
this meaning is restricted to reading いやおい
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area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.) (see also: 芝生)
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セイ ショウ life なま raw いかす to enliven いきる to live いける to arrange flowers うまれる to be born うむ to give birth to き pure, undiluted
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