Moto 千: ThousandKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セン
- Kun'yomi
- ち
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 315 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セン)
- 千せん1,000; thousand
- 三千さんぜん3000; three thousand
- 四千よんせんfour thousand; 4,000
- 千里せんり1000 ri; (a) long distance
- 千秋楽せんしゅうらくconcluding festivities; concluding program
- 千九百年代せんきゅうひゃくねんだいthe 1900s
- 何千なんぜんmany thousands
- 一千いっせん1,000; one thousand
- 一獲千金いっかくせんきんgetting rich quick; making a killing
- 千万せんばんexceedingly; extremely
- 千円札せんえんさつ1,000 yen bill
- 千切りせんぎりfinely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
- 千尋せんじんgreat depth; bottomless
- 千差万別せんさばんべつan infinite variety of; multifarious
- 千秋せんしゅうthousand years; many years
- 千載一遇せんざいいちぐうonce in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
- 数千すうせんthousands; several thousand
- あの世千日この世一日あのよせんにちこのよいちにちa day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next
- すみま千円すみませんえんsorry; excuse me
- はり千本はりせんぼんporcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
- 一人当千いちにんとうせんbeing a match for a thousand
- 一刻千金いっこくせんきんevery moment is precious; time is money
- 一千万いっせんまん10,000,000; ten million
- 一字千金いちじせんきんword of great value
- 一擲千金いってきせんきんbeing lavish with one's money; spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat
- 一攫千金いっかくせんきんgetting rich quick; making a killing
- 一攫千金を夢見るいっかくせんきんをゆめみるto dream of making a fortune at one stroke; to dream of getting rich quickly
- 一日千秋いちじつせんしゅう(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day
- 一望千里いちぼうせんりsweeping view of the eye; boundless expanse
- 一瀉千里いっしゃせんりone swift effort; rush through one's work
- 一目千本ひとめせんぼんplace where one can view a vast number of cherry blossom trees at a glance
- 一笑千金いっしょうせんきんA smile of a beautiful woman is worth a thousand pieces of gold; enchanting smile of a glamorous woman
- 一諾千金いちだくせんきんone's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold; a promise should be kept at all cost
- 一騎当千いっきとうせんbeing a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)
- 一騎当千のつわものいっきとうせんのつわものgreat warrior
- 一騎当千の兵いっきとうせんのつわものgreat warrior
- 七千ななせん7000; seven thousand
- 万千ばんせんtremendous number
- 三千世界さんぜんせかいthe whole world; the universe
- 三千大千世界さんぜんだいせんせかいthe whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened
- 不埒千万ふらちせんばんvery insolent; extremely audacious
- 不届き千万ふとどきせんばんvery rude; very insolent
- 中流に舟を失えば一壺も千金ちゅうりゅうにふねをうしなえばいっこもせんきんany port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune
- 中流に船を失えば一壺も千金ちゅうりゅうにふねをうしなえばいっこもせんきんany port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune
- 二千円券にせんえんけん2,000 yen bill
- 二千円札にせんえんさつ2,000 yen bill
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 千代ちよthousand years
- 千島ちしまKurile Islands
- 八千代やちよvery long period; forever
- 千島列島ちしまれっとうKurile Islands
- 千鳥ちどりplover
- 八千草やちぐさvariety of plants; various herbs
- 千切るちぎるto tear to pieces; to tear to shreds
- 千切れるちぎれるto be torn off; to come off
- 千草ちぐさgreat variety of flowering plants
- 千葉ちばChiba (city, prefecture)
- ぶっ千切るぶっちぎるto beat by a wide margin (in a race)
- ニュージーランド千鳥ニュージーランドちどりNew Zealand dotterel (Charadrius obscurus); New Zealand plover
Other readings
- 千生せんなりgreat collection (of things); cluster
- 不届千万ふとどきせんばんvery rude; very insolent
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