Moto 縫: Sew; Stitch; EmbroiderKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ホウ
- Kun'yomi
- ぬ(う)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 77 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ホウ)
- 縫製ほうせいsewing (by machine)
- 裁縫さいほうsewing; needlework
- 天衣無縫てんいむほうperfect beauty with no trace of artifice; flawless
- 弥縫びほうpatching up
- 弥縫策びほうさくstopgap measure; temporary expedient
- 彌縫策びほうさくstopgap measure; temporary expedient
- 矢状縫合しじょうほうごうsagittal suture
- 縫合ほうごうsewing together; stitching up (a wound)
- 縫合糸ほうごうしsuture (thread)
- 縫工ほうこうtailor; seamstress
- 縫工筋ほうこうきんsartorius muscle
- 縫成ほうせいsewing (by machine)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 縫いぬいembroidery; sewing
- 縫いぐるみぬいぐるみstuffed toy; stuffed animal
- 縫い付けるぬいつけるto sew on
- 縫い目ぬいめseam; stitch
- 縫い針ぬいばりsewing needle
- 縫うぬうto sew; to stitch
- ミシン縫いミシンぬいmachine sewing; sewing by machine
- 下縫いしたぬいbasting; temporary sewing
- 仮縫いかりぬいtemporary sewing; basting
- 伏せ縫いふせぬいhemming
- 傷を縫うきずをぬうto stitch up a wound
- 傷口を縫うきずぐちをぬうto suture a wound; to sew up a wound
- 刺し縫いさしぬいquilting
- 半返し縫いはんがえしぬいhalf backstitch
- 合間を縫うあいまをぬうto make good use of one's spare moments
- 手縫いてぬいhand-tailored; hand-sewn
- 本縫いほんぬいfinal stitching
- 縫いつけるぬいつけるto sew on
- 縫いなおすぬいなおすto resew; to remake
- 縫いものぬいものsewing; needlework
- 縫い上げるぬいあげるto finish sewing
- 縫い代ぬいしろmargin for a seam; seam allowance
- 縫い代を割るぬいしろをわるto stop an inside seam rolling about; to press open a seam (and open the left and right sides out)
- 縫い包みぬいぐるみstuffed toy; stuffed animal
- 縫い取りぬいとりembroidery
- 縫い取るぬいとるto embroider
- 縫い合わせるぬいあわせるto sew up; to sew together
- 縫い揚げぬいあげa tuck
- 縫い方ぬいかたsewing method; sewer
- 縫い模様ぬいもようembroidered design
- 縫い物ぬいものsewing; needlework
- 縫い留めるぬいとめるto sew together
- 縫い直すぬいなおすto resew; to remake
- 縫い箔ぬいはくembroidery and foiling; traditional Japanese embroidery and impressed gold or silver foil
- 縫い糸ぬいいとsewing thread; suture
- 縫い紋ぬいもんembroidered crest
- 縫い込みぬいこみtuck
- 縫い込むぬいこむto sew in
- 縫い返すぬいかえすto resew
Other readings
- 縫目ぬいめseam; stitch
- ぐし縫ぐしぬいrunning stitch
- 伏縫ふせぬいhemming
- 絎縫いくけぬいblind stitch
- 縫い合せるぬいあわせるto sew up; to sew together
- 縫代ぬいしろmargin for a seam; seam allowance
- 縫取りぬいとりembroidery
- 縫合せるぬいあわせるto sew up; to sew together
- 縫合わせるぬいあわせるto sew up; to sew together
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