Moto 念: Wish; Sense; IdeaKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ネン
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 253 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ネン)
- 懸念けねんworry; fear
- 記念きねんcommemoration; celebration
- 残念ざんねんdeplorable; regrettable
- 理念りねん(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle
- 念ねんsense; idea
- 念頭ねんとう(on one's) mind; heed
- 概念がいねんgeneral idea; concept
- 記念日きねんびmemorial day; commemoration day
- 信念しんねんbelief; faith
- 断念だんねんabandoning (hope, plans); giving up
- 念願ねんがんone's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
- 執念しゅうねんtenacity; persistence
- 正念場しょうねんばcritical moment; do-or-die situation
- 疑念ぎねんdoubt; suspicion
- 丹念たんねんpainstaking; careful
- 天然記念物てんねんきねんぶつnatural monument
- 記念碑きねんひcommemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
- 無念むねんregret; chagrin
- 観念かんねんidea; notion
- 祈念きねんprayer
- 通念つうねんcommon idea; common wisdom
- 入念にゅうねんcareful; elaborate
- 念書ねんしょwritten pledge; signed note of assurance
- 余念よねんanother idea
- 一念いちねんdetermined purpose
- 一念発起いちねんほっきbeing resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention
- 固定観念こていかんねんfixed idea; idée fixe
- 専念せんねんabsorption; giving undivided attention
- 強迫観念きょうはくかんねんobsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
- 念じるねんじるto wish (for); to pray (for)
- 念仏ねんぶつnenbutsu; nianfo
- 念入りねんいりcareful; scrupulous
- 念力ねんりきwillpower; faith
- 怨念おんねんdeep-seated grudge; hatred
- 情念じょうねんsentiments; passions
- 新概念しんがいねんnew concept
- 既成概念きせいがいねんstereotype; preconceived idea
- 観念的かんねんてきconceptual; ideational
- ご念ごねんworry; care
- アメリカ独立記念日アメリカどくりつきねんびAmerican Independence day; Fourth of July
- インフレ懸念インフレけねんinflation fear; inflation worries
- システム概念設計システムがいねんせっけいconceptual system design
- ドイツ観念論ドイツかんねんろんGerman idealism
- ノーベル記念経済学賞ノーベルきねんけいざいがくしょうNobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
- 一念ほっきいちねんほっきbeing resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention
- 一念天に通ずいちねんてんにつうずfaith will move mountains
- 上位概念じょういがいねんhigh level concept; superordinate concept
- 主観的観念論しゅかんてきかんねんろんsubjective idealism
- 二念にねんtwo ideas
- 五念門ごねんもんfive gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
- 他念たねんthinking about something else
- 他念なくたねんなくeagerly; intently
- 他念無くたねんなくeagerly; intently
- 企業理念きぎょうりねんcorporate vision; corporate philosophy
- 休戦記念日きゅうせんきねんびArmistice Day
- 低懸念ていけねんLeast Concern (conservation status); LC
- 余念がないよねんがないbeing concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
- 余念が無いよねんがないbeing concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
Other readings
- 一般概念いっぱんがいねんgeneral idea
- 世間一般の通念せけんいっぱんのつうねんconventional wisdom
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