Moto 咲: Blossom; BloomKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ショウ
- Kun'yomi
- さ(く)、-ざき
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 56 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ショウ)
- 巧咲こうしょうcourteous laughter; forced laughter
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 返り咲きかえりざきcomeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement
- 咲き乱れるさきみだれるto bloom in profusion
- 咲き誇るさきほこるto be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory
- 咲くさくto bloom; to flower
- 早咲きはやざきearly blooming; early flowering
- 遅咲きおそざきlate blooming (flower, talent); late flowering
- 一花咲かせるひとはなさかせるto flourish briefly (esp. before retiring or stopping); to have a day in the limelight
- 二度咲きにどざきsecond blooming
- 五分咲きごぶざきhalf-florescent; half-bloomed
- 八重咲きやえざきdouble blossom
- 咲かせるさかせるto make bloom
- 咲きこぼれるさきこぼれるto bloom all over; to bloom in riotous profusion
- 咲きそめるさきそめるto begin to blossom
- 咲きそろうさきそろうto be in full bloom
- 咲きほこるさきほこるto be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory
- 咲き出すさきだすto begin to bloom; to come out
- 咲き分けさきわけvariegated flowering
- 咲き初めるさきそめるto begin to blossom
- 咲き匂うさきにおうto be in beautiful full bloom
- 咲き始めるさきはじめるto begin blooming
- 咲き揃うさきそろうto be in full bloom
- 咲き残るさきのこるto bloom late; to remain in bloom
- 咲き渡るさきわたるto bloom over a wide area
- 咲き溢れるさきこぼれるto bloom all over; to bloom in riotous profusion
- 四季咲きしきざきblooming in each season
- 室咲きむろざきhothouse flower cultivation
- 数咲き艾かずざきよもぎJapanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
- 数咲き蓬かずざきよもぎJapanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
- 早咲はやざきearly blooming; early flowering
- 早花咲月さはなさづきthird lunar month
- 桜咲くさくらさくto pass an exam
- 死んで花実が咲くものかしんではなみがさくものかonce you're dead, that's it
- 死んで花見が咲くものかしんではなみがさくものかonce you're dead, that's it
- 炒り豆に花が咲くいりまめにはながさくto come alive (once again); to spring back into life
- 狂い咲きくるいざきoff-season flowering
- 狂い咲くくるいざくto bloom out of season
- 穂咲の総藻ほざきのふさもEurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
- 花が咲くはながさくto bloom; to blossom
- 花を咲かせるはなをさかせるto enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate
- 花咲くはなさくto bloom
- 話に花が咲くはなしにはながさくto reminisce; to engage in a lively conversation
- 話に花を咲かせるはなしにはなをさかせるto engage in lively conversation
- 返り咲くかえりざくto come back; to bloom a second time
- 遅咲おそざきlate blooming (flower, talent); late flowering
Other readings
- サクラ咲くさくらさくto pass an exam
- 咲いわらいlaugh; laughter
- 咲うわらうto laugh
- 咲乱れるさきみだれるto bloom in profusion
- 咲初めるさきそめるto begin to blossom
- 咲匂うさきにおうto be in beautiful full bloom
- 咲誇るさきほこるto be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory
- 穂咲下野ほざきしもつけSpiraea salicifolia (species of spirea)
- 花咲ガニはなさきがにblue king crab
- 花咲蟹はなさきがにblue king crab
- 返咲きかえりざきcomeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement
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