Moto 吉: Good Luck; Joy; CongratulationsKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キチ、キツ
- Kun'yomi
- よし
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 56 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キチ・キツ)
- 不吉ふきつominous; sinister
- 吉兆きっちょうlucky omen; good omen
- 吉祥天きっしょうてんSri-mahadevi (consort of Vaishravana)
- 大吉だいきちexcellent luck
- 勿吉もっきつMohe (one of the Tungusic-speaking tribes)
- 吉きちgood fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck
- 吉事きちじauspicious event
- 吉例きちれいfestive annual custom
- 吉凶きっきょうgood or bad luck; fortune
- 吉凶禍福きっきょうかふくgood and bad fortune, and weal and woe
- 吉夢きちむauspicious dream; well-boding dream
- 吉徴きっちょうlucky omen; good omen
- 吉日きちじつlucky day
- 吉書きっしょfirst calligraphy of the year
- 吉林省きつりんしょうJilin Province (China)
- 吉次きちじbroadbanded thornyhead (Sebastolobus macrochir); broadfin thornyhead
- 吉相きっそうauspicious appearance; good or lucky omen
- 吉祥きっしょうlucky omen; happy
- 吉祥草きちじょうそうReineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)
- 吉辰きっしんlucky day; auspicious occasion
- 嘉吉かきつKakitsu era (1441.2.17-1444.2.5)
- 大安吉日たいあんきちじつvery auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar)
- 小吉しょうきちslightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)
- 思い立ったが吉日おもいたったがきちじつno time like the present; make hay while the sun shines
- 末吉すえきちgood luck to come (omikuji fortune-telling result); future good luck
- 石部金吉いしべきんきちman of incorruptible character
- 諭吉ゆきち10,000 yen note
- 黄道吉日おうどうきちにちvery auspicious day for all types of occasions
Words that use a kun'yomi
- つち吉つちよしearth form of "good luck" character
- 吉川神道よしかわしんとうYoshikawa Shinto (Confucianist form of Shinto, stripped of Buddhist influence)
- 吉牛よしぎゅうYoshinoya gyudon (beef on rice)
- 吉田神道よしだしんとうYoshida Shinto; fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements
- 吉野時代よしのじだいYoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE)
- 吉野朝時代よしのちょうじだいYoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE)
- 土吉つちよしearth form of "good luck" character
Other readings
- 吉報きっぽうgood news
- 英吉利イギリスUnited Kingdom; Britain
- 吉いよいgood; excellent
- 吉丁虫たまむしjewel beetle (esp. Chrysochroa fulgidissima); buprestid
- 吉備団子きびだんごsweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama)
- 吉備国きびのくにKibi (former province located in present-day Okayama and parts of Hiroshima, Hyōgo and Kagawa prefectures; later split into Bizen, Bitchu and Bingo provinces)
- 吉備奈仔きびなごsilver-stripe round herring (Spratelloides gracilis)
- 吉利支丹キリシタンearly Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
- 吉原細見よしわらさいけんguide to the Yoshiwara red light district
- 吉原言葉よしわらことばlanguage used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period
- 吉原雀よしわらすずめreed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
- 吉方えほうfavourable direction; favorable direction
- 吉方巻えほうまきehōmaki; uncut sushi roll eaten during setsubun
- 吉方巻きえほうまきehōmaki; uncut sushi roll eaten during setsubun
- 名吉いなyoung striped mullet
- 成吉思汗ジンギスカンjingisukan; grilled mutton and vegetable dish
- 成吉思汗料理ジンギスカンりょうりJapanese mutton and vegetable dish
- 成吉思汗鍋ジンギスカンなべslotted dome cast iron grill for preparing the Genghis Khan dish
- 日吉神道ひえしんとうHie Shinto (form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
- 染井吉野そめいよしのYoshino cherry (Prunus yedoensis)
- 豊臣秀吉とよとみひでよしToyotomi Hideyoshi
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