Moto 擬: Mimic; Aim (a Gun) At; NominateKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ギ
- Kun'yomi
- まが(い)、もど(き)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 100 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ギ)
- 模擬もぎimitation
- 擬装ぎそうcamouflage; disguise
- 模擬店もぎてんrefreshment booth; refreshment stand
- 模擬試験もぎしけんmock exam; practice exam
- トイレ用擬音装置トイレようぎおんそうちtoilet device that plays a melody or flushing sound
- 摸擬もぎimitation
- 擬すぎすto imitate; to copy
- 擬するぎするto imitate; to copy
- 擬ポテンシャルぎポテンシャルpseudopotential
- 擬人ぎじんsimulation of a person
- 擬人化ぎじんかpersonification; anthropomorphization
- 擬人観ぎじんかんanthropomorphism
- 擬似ぎじpseudo; quasi
- 擬似乱数ぎじらんすうpseudorandom number
- 擬似乱数列ぎじらんすうれつpseudo-random number sequence
- 擬似乱数生成器ぎじらんすうせいせいきpseudo-random number generator
- 擬似外国会社ぎじがいこくがいしゃpseudo-foreign company; company based abroad but whose main country of business is Japan
- 擬似科学ぎじかがくpseudoscience
- 擬制ぎせいlegal fiction
- 擬勢ぎせいbluff; deceiving an enemy
- 擬古ぎこimitation of classical styles
- 擬古主義ぎこしゅぎarchaism; pseudoclassicism
- 擬古典的ぎこてんてきpseudoclassic
- 擬古文ぎこぶんclassical style
- 擬声語ぎせいごonomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia)
- 擬娩ぎべんcouvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born)
- 擬射影ぎしゃえいquasiprojective
- 擬情語ぎじょうごpsychomime; ideophone depicting mental state or sensation
- 擬態ぎたいmimesis; mimicry
- 擬態語ぎたいごphenomime; mimetic word
- 擬斗ぎとうfight scene; stage combat
- 擬有効ぎゆうこうpseudoeffective
- 擬死ぎしfeigning death; playing possum
- 擬毛ぎもうimitation wool
- 擬爆弾ぎばくだんdummy bomb
- 擬球茎ぎきゅうけいpseudobulb
- 擬薬ぎやくinactive placebo; placebo
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 人擬きひともどきpseudo-human
- 擬いまがいimitation; sham
- 擬い物まがいものimitation; fake
- 擬きもどき-like; pseudo-
- 擬くもどくto censure; to criticize
Other readings
- サフラン擬サフランもどきzephyr lily
- ヒハツ擬ひはつもどきJavanese long pepper (Piper retrofractum)
- 大葉擬宝珠おおばぎぼうしHosta montana (species of plantain lily)
- 大黒椋鳥擬おおくろむくどりもどきcommon grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
- 太平洋赤坊擬たいへいようあかぼうもどきLongman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus); Indo-Pacific beaked whale
- 小葉擬宝珠こばぎぼうしHosta sieboldii (species of plantain lily)
- 尻擬きけつもどきmale homosexual; faggot
- 揚羽擬あげはもどきmock swallowtail butterfly moth (Epicopeia hainesii)
- 揚羽擬きあげはもどきmock swallowtail butterfly moth (Epicopeia hainesii)
- 擬もどき-like; pseudo-
- 擬えるなぞらえるto pattern after; to liken to
- 擬人法ぎしんほうpersonification
- 擬宝珠ぎぼしornamental railing top; bridge railing-post knob
- 擬宝珠虫ぎぼしむしacorn worm (any hemichordate of class Enteropneusta)
- 擬寸法集合体ぎすんぽうしゅうごうたいassumed-size aggregate
- 擬白蟻しろありもどきweb-spinner (any insect of order Embioptera, esp. family Oligotomidae)
- 擬蝦夷法螺えぞぼらもどきdouble-sculptured neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea intersculpta)
- 擬螳螂かまきりもどきmantidfly (any insect of the family Mantispidae)
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