泡: Bubbles; Foam; SudsKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ホウ)

• 気泡きほう(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
• 水泡すいほうfoam; bubble
• 夢幻泡沫むげんほうまつtransient; ephemeral
• 気泡核きほうかくbubble nucleus
• 気泡緩衝材きほうかんしょうざいbubble wrap
• 気泡風呂きほうぶろJacuzzi; whirlpool bath
• 水泡に帰するすいほうにきするto come to nothing; to go down the drain
• 泡影ほうえいbubbles and shadows; something transient
• 泡沫会社ほうまつがいしゃshort-lived company
• 泡沫候補ほうまつこうほfringe candidate
• 泡沫夢幻ほうまつむげんtransient; ephemeral
• 泡沫景気ほうまつけいきbubble boom; ephemeral boom
• 泡沫的ほうまつてきtransient; passing
• 海泡石かいほうせきsepiolite; meerschaum
• 液泡えきほうvacuole; sap cavity

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 泡あわbubble; foam
• ひと泡ひとあわblow; shock
• ひと泡吹かせるひとあわふかせるto give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster
• 一泡ひとあわblow; shock
• 一泡吹かせるひとあわふかせるto give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster
• 卵泡立て器たまごあわだてきegg beater
• 口角泡こうかくあわfrothing at the mouth
• 口角泡を飛ばすこうかくあわをとばすto engage in a heated discussion
• 水の泡みずのあわcoming to nothing
• 泡が立つあわがたつto bubble; to foam
• 泡だちあわだちfoaming; frothing
• 泡だつあわだつto bubble; to foam
• 泡だて器あわだてきeggbeater; whisk
• 泡ぶろあわぶろbubble bath
• 泡を食うあわをくうto be flurried; to be confused
• 泡姫あわひめsex worker (at a soapland)
• 泡洗車あわせんしゃcar wash (esp. hand car wash)
• 泡立ちあわだちfoaming; frothing
• 泡立つあわだつto have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
• 泡立てるあわだてるto beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream)
• 泡立てクリームあわだてクリームwhipped cream
• 泡立て器あわだてきeggbeater; whisk
• 泡箱あわばこbubble chamber
• 泡舟貝あわぶねがいBostrycapulus gravispinosus (species of spiny slipper snail)
• 泡雪あわゆきlight snowfall
• 泡風呂あわぶろbubble bath

Other readings

• 発泡スチロールはっぽうスチロールstyrofoam; styrene foam
• 泡盛あわもりawamori; strong Okinawan liquor distilled from rice or millet
• 発泡はっぽうfoaming
• 夢幻泡影むげんほうようa dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow (metaphor for the transience of life)
• 大泡立草おおあわだちそうgiant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea var. leiophylla); late goldenrod
• 抗発泡剤こうはっぽうざいanti-foaming agent
• 汗泡かんぽうdyshidrosis; pompholyx
• 泡たて器あわだてきeggbeater; whisk
• 泡吹あわぶきMeliosma myriantha
• 泡吹虫あわふきむしfroghopper (any insect of family Cercopidea); spittlebug
• 泡沫うたかたbubble on surface of liquid
• 泡瓶ほうひんhandleless Japanese tea pot
• 泡菜パオツァイpao cai; pow tsai
• 泡銭あぶくぜにeasy money
• 発泡ポリウレタンはっぽうポリウレタンfoamed polyurethane; polyurethane foam
• 発泡ワインはっぽうワインsparkling wine; spumante
• 発泡剤はっぽうざいfoaming agent
• 発泡性はっぽうせいeffervescence; fizziness
• 発泡性酒類はっぽうせいしゅるいcarbonated alcohols; category of alcoholic beverages in liquor tax law which includes beer, happoshu and other drinks with an alcohol percentage of 10 or less

Showing the 60 most common of 63 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 泡

• 発
• 立
• 気
• 吹
• 器
• 水
• 夢
• 幻
• 一
• 口
• 角