Moto 真: True; Reality; Buddhist SectKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シン
- Kun'yomi
- ま、ま-、まこと
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 576 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シン)
- 写真しゃしんphotograph; photo
- 真相しんそうtruth; real situation
- 真のしんのtrue; real
- 真実しんじつtruth; reality
- 写真集しゃしんしゅうphoto book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models); photobook
- 真意しんいreal intention; true motive
- 真理しんりtruth
- 真価しんかtrue value; real worth
- 真珠しんじゅpearl
- 青写真あおじゃしんblueprint; cyanotype
- 真空しんくうvacuum; hollow
- 真偽しんぎtruth or falsehood; genuineness
- 真摯しんしsincere; earnest
- 浄土真宗じょうどしんしゅうJōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
- 写真家しゃしんかphotographer
- 写真屋しゃしんやphoto studio; photographer
- 写真撮影しゃしんさつえいphotography; taking photographs
- 写真機しゃしんき(photographic) camera
- 真しんtruth; reality
- 真剣しんけんserious; earnest
- 真実味しんじつみtruth (veracity, authenticity) (e.g. of a report)
- 真性しんせいinborn nature
- 真打ちしんうちmain performer; star performer
- 真正しんせいgenuine; authentic
- 真空管しんくうかんvacuum tube
- 真菌しんきんfungus; true fungus
- 真贋しんがんgenuineness or spuriousness; authenticity
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 真ん中まんなかmiddle; centre
- 真っ暗まっくらtotal darkness; pitch dark
- 真っ向まっこうdirectly opposite; right in front
- 真っ先まっさきthe head; the foremost
- 真夏まなつmidsummer
- 真っ白まっしろpure white
- 真正面ましょうめんdirectly opposite; right in front
- 真っ最中まっさいちゅうright in the middle (of); midst
- 真夜中まよなかdead of night; midnight
- 真上まうえjust above; right overhead
- 真新しいまあたらしいbrand new
- 真顔まがおserious look (on one's face); straight face
- 真っ当まっとうproper; respectable
- 真っ盛りまっさかりheight of; middle of
- 真っ直ぐまっすぐstraight (ahead); direct
- 真っ黒まっくろpitch black
- 真ん丸まんまるperfect circle
- 真一文字まいちもんじstraight; as the crow flies
- 真下ましたright under; directly below
- 真冬まふゆmidwinter
- 真四角ましかくsquare
- 真夏日まなつびday on which the temperature rises above 30 degrees Celsius
- 真心まごころsincerity; true heart
- 真昼まひるmidday; broad daylight
- 真横まよこ(right at the) side; just beside
- 真水まみずfresh water
Other readings
- 真っ赤まっかbright red; deep red
- 真っ二つまっぷたつin two equal parts
- 真っ青まっさおdeep blue; bright blue
- 真似まねimitating; copying
- 真似るまねるto mimic; to imitate
- 真田さなだplait; braid
- 真砂まさごsand
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