Moto 既: Previously; Already; Long AgoKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キ
- Kun'yomi
- すで(に)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 66 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キ)
- 既存きそんexisting
- 既成きせいestablished; existing
- 既婚きこんmarried
- 既得権きとくけんvested rights
- 既定きていestablished; fixed
- 既成事実きせいじじつestablished fact; fait accompli
- 既刊きかんalready published
- 既往きおうthe past
- 既往症きおうしょうillness that one had in the past; previous illness
- 既成概念きせいがいねんstereotype; preconceived idea
- 既製きせいready-made; off the shelf
- 既製品きせいひんready-made goods; off-the-shelf item
- 既製服きせいふくready-made clothes
- 既設きせつestablished; existing
- 一粒子既約いちりゅうしきやくone particle irreducible
- 既倒きとうfalling suddenly
- 既出きしゅつsomething previously covered (e.g. topic, question)
- 既判力きはんりょくres judicata; res adjudicata
- 既卒きそつpreviously graduated
- 既卒者きそつしゃgraduate from an earlier year; alumnus
- 既報きほうprevious report; previous announcement
- 既女きじょmarried woman
- 既婚女性きこんじょせいmarried woman
- 既婚男性きこんだんせいmarried man
- 既婚者きこんしゃmarried person
- 既存装置きそんそうちexisting equipment
- 既定値きていちdefault value
- 既定路線きていろせんestablished (existing) policy (procedure(s))
- 既往は咎めずきおうはとがめずdon't dwell on the past; let bygones be bygones
- 既往歴きおうれきcase or medical history
- 既得きとくvested; already acquired
- 既得単位きとくたんいadvanced standing (in school or college); credit for prior studies
- 既得権益きとくけんえきvested interests
- 既成左翼きせいさよくthe old left (school of thought)
- 既成観念きせいかんねんready-made ideas
- 既払いきばらいpaid-up; prepaid
- 既望きぼう(by the lunar calendar) 16th night of the month
- 既決きけつdecided; determined
- 既決囚きけつしゅうconvict; convicted prisoner
- 既済きさいpaid up; already settled
- 既男きだんmarried man
- 既発債きはつさいexisting bond; already issued bond
- 既知きちalready known; well-known
- 既知外きちがいmadness; madman
- 既知数きちすうknown quantity
- 既約きやくirreducible
- 既約分数きやくぶんすうirreducible fraction
- 既約表現きやくひょうげんirreducible representation
- 既習きしゅうalready learned
- 既視感きしかんdeja vu
- 既設線きせつせんlines in operation
- 既読きどくalready read
- 既読スルーきどくスルーreading but not responding to a text message (in a chat application); leaving (someone) on read
- 既述きじゅつpreviously mentioned; previously described
- 既遂きすいalready finished (action); already accomplished
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 既にすでにalready; too late
- 既にしてすでにしてin the meantime; meanwhile
Other readings
- 既の事すんでのことalmost; very nearly
- 既の所ですんでのところでalmost; very nearly
- 既発表きはっぴょうalready published
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