Moto 江: Creek; Inlet; BayKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コウ
- Kun'yomi
- え
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 75 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コウ)
- 江上こうじょう(on the) bank of a large river
- 長江ちょうこうYangtze River; Changjiang River
- 揚子江ようすこうYangtze River (in China)
- 揚子江鰐ようすこうわにChinese alligator (Alligator sinesis)
- 柳江人りゅうこうじんLiujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia
- 江山こうざんrivers and mountains; landscape
- 江村こうそんvillage along a (large) river
- 江河こうがYangtze and Yellow rivers; large river
- 江湖こうこthe public; the world
- 江蘇省こうそしょうJiangsu Province (China)
- 江西省こうせいしょうJiangxi Province (China)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 江戸えどEdo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
- 江えinlet; bay
- 堀江ほりえcanal
- 江戸っ子えどっこtrue Tokyoite; Edoite
- 江戸前えどまえTokyo style
- 江戸時代えどじだいEdo period (1603-1868 CE)
- 入り江いりえinlet; cove
- 小江戸こえどLittle Edo; town or neighbourhood with an old townscape reminiscent of Edo
- 松江まつえMatsue (city in Shimane)
- 江川るえがわるto (try to) act like a big-shot
- 江戸っ児えどっこtrue Tokyoite; Edoite
- 江戸のかたきを長崎で討つえどのかたきをながさきでうつto hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place
- 江戸の仇を長崎で討つえどのかたきをながさきでうつto hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place
- 江戸の敵を長崎で討つえどのかたきをながさきでうつto hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place
- 江戸の華えどのはなwidespread fires in Edo (often after earthquakes); flowers of Edo
- 江戸みそえどみそEdo miso; type of miso produced in the Tokyo area since the Edo period (usu. low-salt and made with rice koji)
- 江戸上りえどのぼりRyukyuan mission to Edo
- 江戸児えどこtrue Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
- 江戸切り子えどきりこtype of faceted glass from Edo
- 江戸前ずしえどまえずしEdo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
- 江戸前寿司えどまえずしEdo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
- 江戸前鮓えどまえずしEdo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
- 江戸前鮨えどまえずしEdo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
- 江戸味噌えどみそEdo miso; type of miso produced in the Tokyo area since the Edo period (usu. low-salt and made with rice koji)
- 江戸城えどじょうEdo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
- 江戸子えどこtrue Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
- 江戸幕府えどばくふEdo shogunate (1603-1867)
- 江戸弁えどべんEdo dialect
- 江戸彼岸えどひがんdouble weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)
- 江戸時代文学えどじだいぶんがくEdo-period literature
- 江戸歌舞伎えどかぶきEdo-style kabuki
- 江戸油鮫えどあぶらざめsharpnose sevengill shark (Heptranchias perlo)
- 江戸狂言えどきょうげんEdo-style kabuki
- 江戸紫えどむらさきbluish-violet; royal purple
- 江戸絵図えどえずmap of Edo
- 江戸者えどものtrue Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
- 江戸花菖蒲えどはなしょうぶIris ensata; Edo Japanese iris
- 江戸芸者えどげいしゃEdo geisha; geisha living and working inside Edo (not one of the red-light districts on its outskirts)
- 江戸菊えどぎくEdo chrysanthemum; variety of chrysanthemum originally cultivated in Edo
- 江戸藝者えどげいしゃEdo geisha; geisha living and working inside Edo (not one of the red-light districts on its outskirts)
- 江戸言葉えどことばEdo dialect
- 江戸語えどごEdo dialect
- 江戸間えどまstandard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm)
Other readings
- 入江いりえinlet; cove
- 入江鰐いりえわにsaltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus); estuarine crocodile
- 揚子江河海豚ようすこうかわいるかbaiji (Lipotes vexillifer); Chinese river dolphin
- 江にえんfate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
- 江原道カンウォンドGangwon-do (South Korea); Gangwon Province
- 江戸切子えどきりこtype of faceted glass from Edo
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