Moto 狂: Lunatic; Insane; CrazyKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キョウ
- Kun'yomi
- くる(う)、くる(おしい)、くるお(しい)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 146 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キョウ)
- 狂言きょうげんkyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play
- 熱狂ねっきょうwild enthusiasm; being crazy about
- 狂気きょうきmadness; insanity
- 狂乱きょうらんfury; frenzy
- 狂人きょうじんlunatic; madman
- 狂信きょうしんfanaticism; zealotry
- 狂奔きょうほんrushing around; running wild
- 狂犬きょうけんmad dog
- 狂詩曲きょうしきょくrhapsody
- 狂騒きょうそうmania; wild excitement
- スピード狂スピードきょうspeed maniac; speed demon
- トランプ狂トランプきょうcard freak
- 上方狂言かみがたきょうげんkabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka
- 二番目狂言にばんめきょうげんsecond play on the program
- 仁輪加狂言にわかきょうげんimpromptu skit; (theatrical) farce
- 佯狂ようきょうfeigned madness
- 俄狂言にわかきょうげんimpromptu skit; (theatrical) farce
- 偏執狂へんしつきょうmonomania; monomaniac
- 偏狂へんきょうmonomania; monomaniac
- 切り狂言きりきょうげんlast piece in a kabuki programme
- 半狂乱はんきょうらんhalf-crazed; frantic
- 地狂言じきょうげんlocal amateur theatrical performance (esp. popular in late Edo and early Meiji)
- 天才と狂人は紙一重てんさいときょうじんはかみひとえthere's but a fine line between genius and insanity
- 当たり狂言あたりきょうげんa hit play
- 放火狂ほうかきょうpyromania; a pyromaniac
- 映画狂えいがきょうmovie fan; cinema enthusiast
- 替わり狂言かわりきょうげんupcoming program; upcoming programme
- 本狂言ほんきょうげんdiscrete kyogen (performed between two noh plays)
- 歌舞伎狂言かぶききょうげんkabuki play; kabuki drama
- 殺人狂さつじんきょうhomicidal maniac
- 水狂言みずきょうげんtheatre that uses water for tricks, etc.(during hot weather)
- 江戸狂言えどきょうげんEdo-style kabuki
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 死に物狂いしにものぐるいdesperation; struggle to the death
- 狂うくるうto go mad; to lose one's mind
- 狂わすくるわすto drive mad; to make insane
- 番狂わせばんくるわせunexpected result; upset
- たけり狂うたけりくるうto rage; to rampage
- とち狂うとちぐるうto be playful; to gambol
- どち狂うどちぐるうto be playful; to gambol
- 大番狂わせおおばんくるわせtotally unexpected result; stunning upset
- 女に狂うおんなにくるうto run mad after a girl
- 女狂いおんなぐるいinfatuation (with a woman); obsessing (over a woman)
- 嫉妬に狂うしっとにくるうto fly into a jealous rage; to go mad with jealousy
- 寸分の狂いもないすんぶんのくるいもないaccurate; flawless
- 寸分の狂いも無いすんぶんのくるいもないaccurate; flawless
- 怒り狂ういかりくるうto be in a fit (of anger); to rage
- 手元が狂うてもとがくるうto become clumsy; to miss one's aim
- 暴れ狂うあばれくるうto rage; to run amok (amuck)
- 死にもの狂いしにものぐるいdesperation; struggle to the death
- 気が狂うきがくるうto go mad; to go crazy
- 気も狂わんばかりきもくるわんばかりfrantically; maddeningly
Other readings
- 切狂言きりきょうげんlast piece in a kabuki programme
- 弥生狂言やよいきょうげんkabuki play presented in the third month (Edo period)
- 替り狂言かわりきょうげんupcoming program; upcoming programme
- 替狂言かわりきょうげんupcoming program; upcoming programme
- 気狂いきちがいmadness; madman
- 気狂いじみるきちがいじみるto look mad; to act nuts
- 気狂いに刃物きちがいにはものincredible danger; (handing a) sword to an insane person
- 気狂い染みるきちがいじみるto look mad; to act nuts
- 気狂い沙汰きちがいざたinsane behavior; madness
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