Moto 浪: Wandering; Waves; BillowsKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ロウ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 69 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ロウ)
- 浪人ろうにんronin; masterless samurai
- 放浪ほうろうwandering
- 浪費ろうひwaste; extravagance
- 一浪いちろうfailing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
- 波浪はろうwaves; billows
- 流浪るろうvagrancy; wandering
- 浪曲ろうきょくrōkyoku; naniwabushi
- 浮浪者ふろうしゃvagrant; vagabond
- 仮面浪人かめんろうにんstudent who is trying to get into their preferred college while already enrolled at another college
- 多浪生たろうせいaspiring university student who has failed the entrance examinations at least twice
- 大学浪人だいがくろうにんstudent preparing to re-take initially failed university entrance examinations
- 大陸浪人たいりくろうにんprewar Japanese adventurer (political activist) in mainland China
- 天竺浪人てんじくろうにんwandering lordless samurai
- 孟浪もうろうcareless; incoherent
- 就職浪人しゅうしょくろうにんjobless university graduate
- 放浪生活ほうろうせいかつ(leading) a vagabond life; (leading) a wandering existence
- 放浪癖ほうろうへきvagrant habits; vagabondism
- 放浪者ほうろうしゃvagrant; vagabond
- 流浪の民るろうのたみwandering people; nomadic tribe
- 流浪人るろうにんwanderer
- 流浪者るろうしゃnomad
- 浪人生ろうにんせいstudent waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
- 浪人鯵ろうにんあじgiant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)
- 浪士ろうしronin; lordless samurai
- 浪曼ろうまんromance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale
- 浪浪ろうろうwandering; jobless
- 浪漫ろうまんromance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale
- 浪漫思想ろうまんしそうromantic thought; philosophy of romance
- 浪界ろうかいworld of naniwabushi singers
- 浪費家ろうひかwasteful person; spendthrift
- 浪費癖ろうひへきwasteful habits
- 浮浪ふろうvagrancy; vagabondage
- 浮浪人ふろうにんvagrant
- 浮浪児ふろうじjuvenile vagrant; street urchin
- 滄浪そうろうblue waves; blue wave
- 漂浪ひょうろうwandering
- 激浪げきろうraging sea
Other readings
- 浪花節なにわぶしnaniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period
- 浪速なにわNaniwa (former name for Osaka region)
- 卯浪うなみrising sea waves from late May to early June
- 大正浪漫たいしょうロマンTaishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
- 女浪めなみsmaller waves; lesser waves
- 戸浪となみwaves in narrow straits
- 新浪漫主義しんロマンしゅぎneo-romanticism; neoromanticism
- 沖浪おきなみoffing wave; deep water wave
- 津浪つなみtsunami; tidal wave
- 浪なみwave
- 浪々ろうろうwandering; jobless
- 浪打ち際なみうちぎわwater's edge; beach
- 浪打際なみうちぎわwater's edge; beach
- 浪漫主義ロマンしゅぎromanticism
- 浪漫派ロマンはromantic school; romanticism
- 浪漫的ロマンてきromantic (school)
- 浪花なにわNaniwa (former name for Osaka region)
- 浪花っ子なにわっこnative of Osaka
- 浪花節的なにわぶしてきof the old feeling of naniwa-bushi; marked by the dual themes of obligation and compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads
- 浪華なにわNaniwa (former name for Osaka region)
- 男浪おなみbigger wave (when there are multiple waves); larger wave
- 白浪しらなみwhitecaps; white-crested waves
- 白浪物しらなみものtale featuring robbers; kabuki play featuring robbers
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