Moto 武: Warrior; Military; ChivalryKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ブ、ム
- Kun'yomi
- たけ、たけ(し)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 214 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ブ・ム)
- 武力ぶりょくarmed might; military power
- 武器ぶきweapon; arms
- 武装ぶそうarms; armament
- 武道ぶどうmartial arts; military arts
- 武士ぶしwarrior; samurai
- 核武装かくぶそうnuclear arms
- 武者むしゃwarrior
- 武将ぶしょうmilitary commander
- 影武者かげむしゃbody double; double
- 文武ぶんぶliterary and military arts; the pen and the sword
- 武人ぶじんmilitary man
- 武功ぶこうmilitary exploits
- 武勇ぶゆうbravery; military prowess
- 武士道ぶしどうBushido; samurai code of chivalry
- 武官ぶかんmilitary or naval officer
- 武家ぶけsamurai; warrior
- 武者修行むしゃしゅぎょうtraveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling)
- 武術ぶじゅつmartial arts; military arts
- 武骨ぶこつboorish; unrefined
- 若武者わかむしゃyoung warrior
- 侍従武官じじゅうぶかんemperor's aide-de-camp
- 偃武えんぶarmistice
- 允文允武いんぶんいんぶbeing versed in the literary and military arts
- 公武こうぶnobles and soldiers; imperial court
- 公武合体こうぶがったいshogunate marital union with the Imperial Family
- 公武合体論こうぶがったいろん(late Edo-period) idea of uniting the court and the shogunate
- 再武装さいぶそうrearmament
- 勇武ゆうぶbravery; valor
- 勝男武士かつおぶしkatsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
- 古武士然こぶしぜんhaving something of the old-time samurai about one
- 古武術こぶじゅつancient Japanese martial arts
- 古武道こぶどうancient Japanese martial arts
- 大使館付き武官たいしかんづきぶかんmilitary officer attached to embassy
- 天下布武てんかふぶunify the nation by force; spread military force under the heavens
- 女武者おんなむしゃfemale warrior; amazon
- 女武芸者おんなぶげいしゃfemale warrior
- 威武いぶauthority and force
- 完全武装かんぜんぶそうfully armed; armed to the teeth
- 官武かんぶcivilian and military man
- 小型武器こがたぶきsmall arms; light weapons
- 尚武しょうぶmilitarism; warlike spirit
- 建武けんむKenmu era (of unified Japan) (1334.1.29-1336.2.29); Kenmu era (of the Northern Court) (1336.2.29-1338.8.28)
- 建武の新政けんむのしんせいKenmu Restoration (1333-1336)
- 愛羅武勇あいらぶゆうI love you
- 我武者羅がむしゃらreckless; daredevil
- 政治的武器せいじてきぶきpolitical weapon
- 文は武に勝るぶんはぶにまさるthe pen is mightier than the sword
- 文武不岐ぶんぶふきscholarship and swordsmanship are one and the same; the literary and the military are the same path
- 文武両道ぶんぶりょうどうbeing accomplished in both the literary and military arts
- 文武兼備ぶんぶけんびwell up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen
- 文武官ぶんぶかんcivil and military officers
- 文武百官ぶんぶひゃっかんall the officials, both military and civil
- 武ぶthe art of war; martial arts
- 武を練るぶをねるto train oneself in military arts
- 武事ぶじmilitary affairs; martial arts
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 武したけしbrave
Other readings
- 佞武多ねぶたNebuta; nighttime festival in Tōhoku (esp. Aomori)
- 古武士ふるつわものfeudal warrior; samurai
- 寒武利亜カンブリアCambria (old name for Wales)
- 武人気質ぶじんかたぎmartial spirit; military spirit
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