Moto 浄: Clean; Purify; CleanseKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ジョウ、セイ
- Kun'yomi
- きよ(める)、きよ(い)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 79 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ジョウ・セイ)
- 浄化じょうかpurification
- 洗浄せんじょうwashing; cleansing
- 浄水じょうすいclean water
- 自浄じじょうself-purification; self-cleansing
- 浄化槽じょうかそうwater-purification tank
- 浄土真宗じょうどしんしゅうJōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
- 浄土じょうどpure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise
- 清浄せいじょうpure; clean
- 不浄ふじょうuncleanliness; dirtiness
- 人形浄瑠璃にんぎょうじょうるりJapanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)
- 洗浄剤せんじょうざいdetergent; cleanser
- 浄土宗じょうどしゅうPure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)
- 浄瑠璃じょうるりjōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
- 浄財じょうざいmonetary offering; donation
- ご不浄ごふじょうbathroom
- 不浄場ふじょうばunclean place
- 九品浄土くほんじょうどAmitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)
- 入れ歯洗浄剤いればせんじょうざいdenture cleanser
- 六根清浄ろっこんしょうじょうpurification of the six roots of perception
- 反資金洗浄法はんしきんせんじょうほうanti-money laundering law
- 塵浄水ちりじょうずいceremonious clapping and rubbing of the palms
- 寂光浄土じゃっこうじょうどparadise
- 御不浄ごふじょうbathroom
- 拭浄しょくじょうwiping and purifying; wiping and cleansing
- 操り浄瑠璃あやつりじょうるりold name for the bunraku
- 明窓浄机めいそうじょうきdustless desk by a well-lit window; well-lit and clean study conducive to learning
- 極楽浄土ごくらくじょうどAmitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
- 欣求浄土ごんぐじょうどseeking rebirth in the Pure Land
- 民族浄化みんぞくじょうかethnic cleansing
- 洗浄器せんじょうきwasher; syringe
- 浄写じょうしゃfair copy; clean copy
- 浄化装置じょうかそうちpurifier
- 浄土三部経じょうどさんぶきょうthree major sutras of Pure Land Buddhism
- 浄土教じょうどきょうPure Land teachings
- 浄域じょういきsacred ground
- 浄書じょうしょfair copy; clean copy
- 浄水器じょうすいきwater filter; water purification system
- 浄水地じょうすいち(clean-water) reservoir
- 浄水場じょうすいじょうwater purification (filtering) plant
- 浄火じょうかsacred fire
- 浄玻璃じょうはりfine crystal; clear glass
- 浄玻璃の鏡じょうはりのかがみmirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds
- 浄瑠璃語りじょうるりかたりjōruri reciter
- 浄界じょうかいsacred ground; the Pure Land
- 浄罪じょうざいcleansing of sins
- 浄血じょうけつblood purification; depuration
- 浄衣じょうえwhite robe or costume
- 浄霊じょうれいexorcism
- 清浄度せいじょうど(degree of) cleanliness; cleanliness factor
- 清浄無垢せいじょうむくpurity; spotlessness
- 温水洗浄便座おんすいせんじょうべんざbidet toilet; washlet
- 無垢清浄むくせいじょうpure and innocent; immaculate
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 浄いきよいclear; pure
- 浄めきよめpurification
- 浄めるきよめるto purify; to cleanse
Other readings
- 操浄瑠璃あやつりじょうるりold name for the bunraku
- 東浄とうちんtoilet in a Zen temple
- 浄御原令きよみはらりょうAsuka Kiyomihara Code (689 CE)
- 浄瑠璃語じょうるりかたりjōruri reciter
- 清浄潔白せいじょうけっぱくupright and clean-handed; pure in heart and with a clean conscience
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