1
beautiful passage of literature
1
stroke (of a kanji)
「道」という漢字の総画数は何画ですか。
How many strokes does the kanji for "michi" have?
Other forms
劃 【かく】 (rarely used kanji form)
1
prefix
each;every;all
各会員は会費を払うべし。
Each member has to pay a membership fee.
1
status;position;rank
2
method;way;style
3
rule;regulation;law
4
case
thatには、主格、目的格の２つしかなく、格による形の変化はない。
'That' has only the two cases, nominative and objective, and it does not inflect depending on the case.
5
figure (form of a syllogism)
1
stone (of a fruit);pit;pip
2
core (of an organization, team, etc.);nucleus;heart
3
nuclear weapons
See also:
核兵器 (かくへいき)
この核時代にあっては、世界中どこの国だって安全ではない。
No country under the sun is safe in this nuclear age.
4
nucleus (of an atom)
See also:
原子核 (げんしかく)
5
nucleus (of a cell)
See also:
細胞核 (さいぼうかく)
6
condensation nucleus
See also:
凝結核 (ぎょうけつかく)
7
(planetary) core
8
ring (in a cyclic compound)
9
kernel;core
10
nucleus (of a cultured pearl)
1
angle
３角形のすべての角の和は１８０度に等しい。
The sum of all the angles in a triangle equals 180 degrees.
2
square;cube
3
bishop
See also:
角行 (かくぎょう)
4
third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
See also:
五音 (ごいん)
5
Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
6
jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
See also:
元 (もと)
1
guest;visitor
夕食にお客を招いていますか。
Do you have guests for dinner?
2
customer;client;shopper;spectator;audience;tourist;sightseer;passenger
春先だから客もあまりいませんでした。
It was early spring, so there weren't many customers.
3
counter
counter for containers used to entertain guests
1
to chip;to nick;to break;to crack
彼は人間としての感情を欠いていた。
He was devoid of human feeling.
2
to lack
Other forms
闕く 【かく】 (rarely used kanji form)
1
to write;to compose;to pen
ここにあなたの名前をかいてくれませんか。
Would you please write your name here?
2
to draw;to paint
See also:
描く (えがく)
1
to scratch
蚊に刺されたところをかいちゃだめだよ。はれちゃうから。
Don't scratch your mosquito bite. It'll get inflamed.
2
to perspire
See also:
汗をかく (あせをかく)
先生の言葉でメアリーは冷や汗をかいた。
The teacher's words put Mary in a cold sweat.
3
to shovel;to paddle
Other forms
搔く 【かく】 (search-only kanji form)
1
2
only applies to
えがく
to depict;to describe
3
to picture in one's mind;to imagine
4
to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
Other forms
画く 【えがく】
1
district;quarter
2
enclosure;area enclosed by earthwork
3
red-light district
4
prefix · suffix
only applies to
廓
wide and empty
Other forms
郭 【くるわ】 · 曲輪 【くるわ】
1
prefix
every other;second;alternate
1
like this;such;thus;in this way
1
certain;definite
See also:
確たる証拠 (かくたるしょうこ)
その会社は確たる理由もなく、彼を不採用にしました。
The company turned him down for no apparent reason.
1
shell (e.g. electron shell)
See also:
電子殻 (でんしかく)
1
diaphragm;vicinity of the diaphragm
1
to carry on one's shoulders (esp. of two or more people carrying a palanquin, etc.)
1
quill;calamus
1
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