Moto 触: Contact; Touch; FeelKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ショク
- Kun'yomi
- ふ(れる)、さわ(る)、さわ
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 142 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ショク)
- 接触せっしょくtouch; contact
- 感触かんしょくfeel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch
- 抵触ていしょくinfringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention
- 触発しょくはつdetonation by contact; contact detonation
- 触媒しょくばいcatalyst
- 一触即発いっしょくそくはつcritical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
- 触手しょくしゅfeeler; tentacle
- 触覚しょっかくsense of touch
- 触診しょくしんpalpation
- 不可触民ふかしょくみんuntouchable (of the Indian caste system)
- 不可触賎民ふかしょくせんみんuntouchable (of India's caste system)
- 不可触賤民ふかしょくせんみんuntouchable (of India's caste system)
- 光触媒ひかりしょくばいphotocatalyst; photocatalysis
- 光触媒作用ひかりしょくばいさようphotocatalysis
- 助触媒じょしょくばい(catalytic) promoter
- 接触事故せっしょくじこminor collision; (have) a scrape (with another vehicle)
- 接触伝染せっしょくでんせんcontagion
- 接触変成帯せっしょくへんせいたいcontact metamorphic aureole; contact aureole
- 接触式せっしょくしきcontact; contact type
- 接触恐怖症せっしょくきょうふしょうhaphephobia; aphephobia
- 接触感染せっしょくかんせんinfection through contact
- 接触画面せっしょくがめんtouch sensitive screen; touch screen
- 接触線せっしょくせんline of contact; no man's land
- 接触者せっしょくしゃclose contact (person); high-risk contact
- 接触面積せっしょくめんせきcontact area (of an electrical connection)
- 正触媒せいしょくばいpositive catalyst
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 触れ合いふれあいcontact; connectedness
- 前触れまえぶれadvance warning; previous notice
- 手触りてざわりfeel; touch
- 折に触れておりにふれてat every opportunity; whenever possible
- 折りに触れておりにふれてat every opportunity; whenever possible
- 有り触れたありふれたunsurprising; trite
- 肌触りはだざわりthe touch of; feel of
- 舌触りしたざわりfeel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture
- 触るさわるto touch; to feel
- 触れるふれるto touch; to feel
- 触れ合うふれあうto come into contact with; to touch (each other)
- 触れ込みふれこみ(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
- 顔触れかおぶれpersonnel; members
- あり触れたありふれたunsurprising; trite
- あり触れるありふれるto be common
- お触れおふれofficial notice
- 先触れさきぶれpreliminary announcement; previous announcement
- 口触りくちざわり(food that meets one's) taste; treatment
- 寄ると触るとよるとさわるとwhenever they come together
- 当たらず触らずあたらずさわらずavoiding to commit oneself; (being) noncommittal
- 御触れおふれofficial notice
- 有り触れるありふれるto be common
- 核心に触れるかくしんにふれるto get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point
- 歯触りはざわりtexture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food
- 気が触れるきがふれるto go mad; to go crazy
- 気に触るきにさわるto hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
Other readings
- 気触れかぶれrash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant)
- お襁褓気触れおむつかぶれdiaper rash; nappy rash
- お触書おふれがきEdo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
- オムツ気触れおむつかぶれdiaper rash; nappy rash
- 剃刀触かみそりかぶれrazor rash
- 御襁褓気触れおむつかぶれdiaper rash; nappy rash
- 御触書おふれがきEdo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
- 有触れるありふれるto be common
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