Moto 井: Well; Well Crib; TownKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セイ、ショウ
- Kun'yomi
- い
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 110 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セイ・ショウ)
- 天井てんじょうceiling
- 油井ゆせいoil well
- 市井しせいthe street; the town
- さく井さくせいwell drilling
- ガス井ガスせい(natural) gas well
- ガラスの天井ガラスのてんじょうglass ceiling
- ガラス天井ガラスてんじょうglass ceiling
- 三尊天井さんぞんてんじょうhead and shoulders (chartist pattern)
- 丸天井まるてんじょうarched ceiling; vaulted ceiling
- 井底せいていwell bottom; narrow place
- 井楼せいろうwooden watchtower; battlefield watchtower
- 井水せいすいwell water
- 井泉せいせん(water) well
- 井然せいぜんorderly; regular
- 井目せいもくthe nine principal points in a game of go
- 井蛙せいあfrog in a well; someone with a narrow perspective
- 井蛙の見せいあのけんnarrow perspective
- 円天井まるてんじょうarched ceiling; vaulted ceiling
- 削井さくせいwell drilling
- 吊り天井つりてんじょうsuspended ceiling
- 坑井こうせいwinze (mining); well (oil, gas)
- 天井値てんじょうねceiling price
- 天井扇てんじょうせんceiling fan
- 天井抜けてんじょうぬけskyrocketing (prices)
- 天井板てんじょういたceiling boards
- 天井灯てんじょうとうceiling light
- 天井画てんじょうがdecorative ceiling painting
- 天井知らずてんじょうしらずskyrocketing (prices)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 井いwell
- 井戸いどwater well
- 筒井つついround well
- 井戸掘りいどほりwell digging; well digger
- 井戸水いどみずwell water
- 井戸端会議いどばたかいぎcontent-free chat; idle gossip
- 井筒いづつwell curb; well kerb
- いさら井いさらいsmall water spring
- 三井寺芥虫みいでらごみむしPheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
- 井の中の蛙いのなかのかわずperson who is ignorant of the real world; frog in a well
- 井の中の蛙大海を知らずいのなかのかわずたいかいをしらずthe frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
- 井守いもりnewt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
- 井戸側いどがわwell curb
- 井戸屋形いどやかたwell roof
- 井戸替えいどがえwell cleaning
- 井戸浚えいどさらえwell cleaning
- 井戸端いどばたside of well
- 井戸綱いどづなwell rope
- 井戸車いどぐるまwell pulley
- 井桁いげたwell curb consisting of wooden beams crossed at the ends
- 井綱いづなwell rope
- 共同井戸きょうどういどcommon well
- 古井戸ふるいどold unused well
Other readings
- 三井寺歩行虫みいでらごみむしPheropsophus jessoensis (species of bombardier beetle)
- 井堰せきdam; weir
- 井宿ちちりぼしChinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 井篭せいろbamboo steamer; steaming basket
- 井籠せいろbamboo steamer; steaming basket
- 井蛙は以って海を語る可からずせいあはもってうみをかたるべからずa narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it
- 垂井式アクセントたるいしきアクセントTarui accent, used in the Kinki region and parts of Hokuriku
- 天井桟敷てんじょうさじきgallery (in a theatre); upper gallery
- 天井棧敷てんじょうさじきgallery
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