Moto 潜: Submerge; Conceal; HideKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セン
- Kun'yomi
- ひそ(む)、もぐ(る)、かく(れる)、くぐ(る)、ひそ(める)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 100 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セン)
- 潜在せんざいpotentiality; dormancy
- 潜水艦せんすいかんsubmarine
- 潜水せんすいdiving; submerging
- 原潜げんせんnuclear submarine
- 潜入せんにゅうinfiltration; sneaking in
- 潜在意識せんざいいしきsubconsciousness; subconscious (awareness)
- 潜航せんこうsubmarine voyage; underwater navigation
- 潜行せんこうunderwater navigation
- おやしお型潜水艦おやしおがたせんすいかんOyashio class submarine
- はるしお型潜水艦はるしおがたせんすいかんHarushio class submarine
- マルチレベル潜水マルチレベルせんすいmultilevel diving
- 便潜血べんせんけつfecal occult blood; faecal occult blood
- 半潜水はんせんすいsemi-submersible
- 原子力潜水艦げんしりょくせんすいかんnuclear submarine
- 対潜たいせんantisubmarine
- 対潜哨戒機たいせんしょうかいきantisubmarine patrol plane
- 対潜水艦たいせんすいかんantisubmarine
- 攻撃型潜水艦こうげきがたせんすいかんattack submarine
- 沈潜ちんせんsinking into deep thought; sinking to the depths
- 洞窟潜水どうくつせんすいcave diving
- 減圧潜水げんあつせんすいdecompression diving
- 潜像せんぞうlatent image
- 潜入者せんにゅうしゃintruder; infiltrator
- 潜函せんかんcaisson
- 潜函病せんかんびょうcaisson disease; the bends
- 潜勢力せんせいりょくlatent energy; potential
- 潜在主権せんざいしゅけんresidual sovereignty
- 潜在受信者せんざいじゅしんしゃpotential recipient
- 潜在変数せんざいへんすうlatent variable (e.g. in statistics)
- 潜在失業せんざいしつぎょうinvisible unemployment
- 潜在的せんざいてきlatent; potential
- 潜在空隙せんざいくうげきpotential space
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 潜むひそむto lurk; to be hidden
- 潜りもぐりdiving; diver
- 潜り込むもぐりこむto slip into; to crawl into (under)
- 潜るくぐるto go under; to pass under
- かい潜るかいくぐるto slip through; to slip past
- なりを潜めるなりをひそめるto quieten down; to fall silent
- 先潜りさきくぐりforestalling; anticipating
- 地下に潜るちかにもぐるto go underground; to go into hiding
- 声を潜めるこえをひそめるto lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
- 影を潜めるかげをひそめるto disappear; to vanish
- 息を潜めるいきをひそめるto hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
- 掻い潜るかいくぐるto slip through; to slip past
- 搔い潜るかいくぐるto slip through; to slip past
- 潜めるひそめるto hide; to conceal
- 潜らせるくぐらせるto make something pass through (esp. in cooking); to dip something (into)
- 潜りこむもぐりこむto slip into; to crawl into (under)
- 潜り戸くぐりどside door; side gate
- 潜り抜けるくぐりぬけるto go through; to pass through
- 潜り門くぐりもんsmall gate
Other readings
- 潜伏せんぷくconcealment; hiding
- 地潜じむぐりJapanese forest rat snake (Euprepiophis conspicillatus, Elaphe conspicillata); burrowing rat snake
- 地潜りじむぐりJapanese forest rat snake (Euprepiophis conspicillatus, Elaphe conspicillata); burrowing rat snake
- 潜くかずくto be underwater from the neck down; to collect shells, seaweed, etc. by diving under the water
- 潜伏キリシタンせんぷくキリシタンunderground Christian; secret Christian (during the Edo period)
- 潜伏先せんぷくさきhideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice); hiding place
- 潜伏性せんぷくせいlatency
- 潜伏期せんぷくきincubation period
- 潜伏期間せんぷくきかんincubation period
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