Moto 以: By Means Of; Because; In View OfKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- イ
- Kun'yomi
- もっ(て)
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 105 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (イ)
- 以来いらいsince; henceforth
- 以内いないwithin; inside of
- 以前いぜんago; since
- 以下いかnot exceeding; and downward
- 以後いごafter this; from now on
- 以上いじょうnot less than; ... and over
- 以降いこうon and after; as from
- 予想以上よそういじょうmore than expected
- 以外いがいwith the exception of; excepting
- 以心伝心いしんでんしんtelepathy; tacit understanding
- 以遠いえんbeyond; further than
- あれ以来あれいらいsince then
- これ以上これいじょうany more; any further
- そのとき以来そのときいらいsince that time; since then
- その時以来そのときいらいsince that time; since then
- それ以上それいじょうfurther; above
- それ以来それいらいsince then; from that time
- コンマ以下コンマいかafter the decimal point; below the decimal
- サハラ以南アフリカサハラいなんアフリカSub-Saharan Africa
- ゼロ以外ゼロいがいnon-zero
- 一別以来いちべついらいsince our last meeting; since we parted
- 上古以来じょうこいらいfrom (since) ancient times; from time immemorial
- 中以上ちゅういじょうabove average
- 人間以前にんげんいぜんprehuman
- 以下の通りいかのとおりas below; as follows
- 以下略いかりゃくrest omitted; and so on
- 以北いほくnorth of; and northward
- 以南いなんsouth of; and south
- 以呂波いろはtraditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary
- 以外の何者でもないいがいのなにものでもないnothing but; nothing more than
- 以外の何者でも無いいがいのなにものでもないnothing but; nothing more than
- 以夷制夷いいせいいcontrolling foreigners by foreigners; playing one barbarian state against another
- 以夷攻夷いいこういcontrolling foreigners by foreigners; playing one barbarian state against another
- 以往いおうafter this; from now on
- 以東いとう... and eastward; east of
- 以毒制毒いどくせいどくusing poisonous medication to control poison; fighting evil with evil
- 以西いせい... and westward; west of
- 以遠権いえんけん(aeronautical) beyond right
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 以てもってwith; by
- これを以てこれをもってwith this I (formal); by this I (formal)
- なお以てなおもってall the more
- はなはだ以てはなはだもってexceedingly
- まず以てまずもってfirst of all; in the first place
- を以てをもってby (means of); with
- 今以ていまもってuntil now; still
- 以てするもってするto do by the use of
- 以ての外もってのほかabsurd; unreasonable
- 以て瞑すべしもってめいすべしbeing so content that one would not mind dying; one can now rest in peace
- 余人を以て代えがたいよじんをもってかえがたいhard to replace (with other person)
- 余人を以て代え難いよじんをもってかえがたいhard to replace (with other person)
Other readings
- まず以ってまずもってfirst of all; in the first place
- を以ってをもってby (means of); with
- 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
- 他山の石以て玉を攻むべしたざんのいしもってたまをおさむべしone should learn from other's mistakes; stones from other mountains can be used to polish one's own gems
- 以ちましてもちましてwith; by
- 以ってもってwith; by
- 以ってしてももってしても(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...
- 以って瞑すべしもってめいすべしbeing so content that one would not mind dying; one can now rest in peace
- 以呂波紅葉いろはもみじJapanese maple (Acer palmatum)
- 以色列イスラエルIsrael
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