Moto 沖: Open Sea; Offing; Rise High Into SkyKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- チュウ
- Kun'yomi
- おき、おきつ、ちゅう(する)、わく
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 60 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (チュウ)
- 沖するちゅうするto rise up into the air; to ascend into the sky
- 沖天ちゅうてんrising into the heavens
- 沖積ちゅうせきalluvial
- 沖積世ちゅうせきせいalluvial epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
- 沖積土ちゅうせきどalluvial soil
- 沖積層ちゅうせきそうalluvium; alluvial stratum
- 沖積平野ちゅうせきへいやalluvial plain
- 沖積期ちゅうせききalluvial period
- 沖積統ちゅうせきとうalluvial series
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 沖縄おきなわOkinawa (city, prefecture)
- 沖合おきあいoff the coast; offshore
- 沖おきopen sea
- 沖合いおきあいoff the coast; offshore
- スマトラ沖地震スマトラおきじしんSumatra-Andaman earthquake (2004, resulting in the Indian Ocean tsunami)
- マリアナ沖海戦マリアナおきかいせんBattle of the Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944)
- マレー沖海戦マレーおきかいせんNaval Battle off Malaya (December 10, 1941)
- レイテ沖海戦レイテおきかいせんBattle of Leyte Gulf (October 23-25, 1944)
- 三陸沖地震さんりくおきじしんSanriku offshore earthquake (esp. June 15, 1896, March 3, 1933, and March 11, 2011); Sanriku earthquake
- 来沖らいおきcoming to Okinawa; visiting Okinawa
- 東北地方太平洋沖地震とうほくちほうたいへいようおきじしんTōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake
- 沖アミおきアミkrill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)
- 沖仲仕おきなかしlongshoreman; stevedore
- 沖合い漁業おきあいぎょぎょうoffshore fishing industry
- 沖合底引き網漁業おきあいそこびきあみぎょぎょうoffshore trawl fishery
- 沖合漁業おきあいぎょぎょうoffshore fishing industry
- 沖地震おきじしんoffshore earthquake
- 沖波おきなみoffing wave; deep water wave
- 沖漬おきづけsmall fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt
- 沖漬けおきづけsmall fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt
- 沖縄そばおきなわそばOkinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
- 沖縄学おきなわがくOkinawan studies
- 沖縄山芋おきなわやまいもwater yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam
- 沖縄戦おきなわせんBattle of Okinawa (April, 1945)
- 沖縄料理おきなわりょうりOkinawan food; Okinawan cuisine
- 沖縄方言おきなわほうげんOkinawan (language); Okinawan dialect
- 沖縄棘鼠おきなわとげねずみMuennink's spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki); Okinawa spinous country-rat
- 沖縄県おきなわけんOkinawa prefecture
- 沖縄社会大衆党おきなわしゃかいたいしゅうとうOkinawa Socialist Masses Party
- 沖縄米兵少女暴行事件おきなわべいへいしょうじょぼうこうじけん1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa
- 沖縄語おきなわごOkinawan (language)
- 沖縄豆腐おきなわどうふOkinawan tofu
- 沖縄返還協定おきなわへんかんきょうていOkinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands
- 沖縄香ばしおきなわこうばしLindera communis (species of spicebush)
- 沖螺おきにしwarty frog shell (Bursa bufonia dunkeri)
- 沖言葉おきことばeuphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)
- 沖詞おきことばeuphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)
- 沖釣りおきづりoffshore fishing
- 沖鱛おきえそbluntnose lizardfish (Trachinocephalus myops); snakefish
Other readings
- 沖巨頭おきごんどうfalse killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
- 沖浪おきなみoffing wave; deep water wave
- 沖縄タイムうちなあタイムisland time (on Okinawa); relaxed attitude to punctuality
- 沖縄・北方対策担当大臣おきなわほっぽうたいさくたんとうだいじんState Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
- 沖縄北方対策担当大臣おきなわほっぽうたいさくたんとうだいじんState Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
- 沖縄口うちなあぐちOkinawan language; Okinawan dialect
- 沖縄大和口ウチナーヤマトグチOkinawan Japanese
- 沖縄大蝙蝠おきなわおおこうもりOkinawa flying fox (Pteropus loochoensis)
- 沖縄蕎麦おきなわそばOkinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
- 沖辛螺おきにしwarty frog shell (Bursa bufonia dunkeri)
- 沖醤蝦おきアミkrill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)
- 沖釣おきづりoffshore fishing
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