Moto 然: Sort Of Thing; So; If SoKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ゼン、ネン
- Kun'yomi
- しか、しか(り)、しか(し)、さ
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 520 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ゼン・ネン)
- 自然しぜんnature
- 当然とうぜんnatural; right
- 依然いぜんstill; as yet
- 依然としていぜんとしてstill; as yet
- 天然てんねんnature; spontaneity
- 突然とつぜんabrupt; sudden
- 天然ガスてんねんガスnatural gas
- 不自然ふしぜんunnatural; artificial
- 偶然ぐうぜんcoincidence; chance
- 天然記念物てんねんきねんぶつnatural monument
- 全然ぜんぜん(not) at all; (not) in the slightest
- 未然みぜんbefore it happens; previously
- 騒然そうぜんnoisy; confused
- 公然こうぜんopen; public
- 大自然だいしぜんnature; Mother Nature
- 必然的ひつぜんてきinevitable; necessary
- 自然界しぜんかいnature; the natural world
- 必然ひつぜんinevitable; necessary
- 断然だんぜんfirmly; absolutely
- 自然科学しぜんかがくnatural science
- 漠然ばくぜんvague; obscure
- 歴然れきぜんevident; plain
- 同然どうぜんsimilar to; same
- 判然はんぜんclear; distinct
- 厳然げんぜんgrave; solemn
- 天然温泉てんねんおんせんnatural hot spring
- 天然痘てんねんとうsmallpox; variola
- 寂然せきぜんlonely; desolate
- 平然へいぜんcalm; composed
- 必然性ひつぜんせいnecessity; inevitability
- 敢然かんぜんboldly; bravely
- 整然せいぜんorderly; regular
- 決然けつぜんdecisive; resolute
- 泰然たいぜんcalm; composed
- 渾然こんぜんwhole; entire
- 突然変異とつぜんへんいmutation
- 純然じゅんぜんabsolute; complete
- 自然休会しぜんきゅうかい(in the Diet) a spontaneous recess
- 自然公園しぜんこうえんnature park; natural park
- 自然増収しぜんぞうしゅうnatural or automatic increase in revenue
- 自然淘汰しぜんとうたnatural selection
- 自然環境しぜんかんきょうnatural (physical) environment
- 超自然ちょうしぜんoccult; transcendental
- あ然あぜんdumbfounded; in mute amazement
- こつ然こつぜんsudden; abrupt
- さん然さんぜんbrilliant; radiant
- ばく然ばくぜんvague; obscure
- ぶ然ぶぜんdisappointed; dejected
- ぼう然ぼうぜんdumbfounded; overcome with surprise
- りつ然りつぜんterrified; horrified
- フレームシフト突然変異フレームシフトとつぜんへんいframeshift mutation
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 然ししかしhowever; but
- 然もしかもmoreover; furthermore
- も然ることながらもさることながらone may well say so, but ...; even more than
- も然る事ながらもさることながらone may well say so, but ...; even more than
- も然る事乍らもさることながらone may well say so, but ...; even more than
Other readings
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Kanji that often appear with 然
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