Moto 垣: Hedge; Fence; WallKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- エン
- Kun'yomi
- かき
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 47 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (エン)
- 垣牆えんしょうhedge; fence
- 紫微垣しびえんPurple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 石垣いしがきstone wall
- 垣根かきねhedge; fence
- 垣かきfence; hedge
- 中垣なかがきmiddle fence
- 人垣ひとがきwall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators)
- 生け垣いけがきhedge
- 八重垣やえがきfences within fences
- 友垣ともがきfriend
- 四つ目垣よつめがきsquare-patterned bamboo fence; lattice fence
- 垣を作るかきをつくるto put up an (emotional) wall (between two people); to become distant
- 垣堅くして犬入らずかきかたくしていぬいらずa wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand
- 垣根越しかきねごしover the fence (e.g. looking, conducting a conversation)
- 垣根越しに見るかきねごしにみるto look over the fence
- 垣繕うかきつくろうspringtime repairing of fences after winter damage
- 大垣おおがきroofed mud wall around a villa or temple
- 姫垣ひめがきlow fence
- 岩垣いわかきstone wall; natural stone wall
- 忌垣いがきfence around a shrine
- 斎み垣いみがきshrine fence
- 斎垣いがきfence around a shrine
- 杉垣すぎがきcryptomeria hedge
- 柴垣しばがきbrushwood fence
- 歌垣うたがきgathering of men and women who sang courtship songs to each other and danced; dancing and singing feast of young men and women in ancient Japan
- 玉垣たまがきfence around a shrine
- 石垣鯛いしがきだいrock porgy (Oplegnathus punctatus); spotted knifejaw
- 竹垣たけがきbamboo fence (hedge)
- 腰垣こしがきwaist-high fence
- 茨垣いばらがきthorn hedge
- 袖垣そでがきlow fence flanking a gate or entrance
- 親しき中に垣をせよしたしきなかにかきをせよgood fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
- 谷垣派たにがきはTanigaki Faction (of the LDP)
- 近しき仲にも垣を結えちかしきなかにもかきをゆえgood fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
Other readings
- 垣間見るかいまみるto take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
- 垣間かいまchink (e.g. in fence); gap (e.g. in hedge)
- 垣間聞くかいまきくto get wind of
- 岩垣清水いわがきしみずwater emerging from a stone wall
- 猪垣ししがきbranch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer
- 生垣いけがきhedge
- 築垣ついがきmud wall with a roof
- 籬垣ませがきshort roughly woven fence
- 網代垣あじろがきwicker fence
- 網干し垣あぼしがきbamboo fence that resembles a fishing net
- 網干垣あぼしがきbamboo fence that resembles a fishing net
- 菱垣廻船ひがきかいせんlarge Japanese junk
- 鹿垣ししがきbranch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer
Kanji that often appear with 垣
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