Moto 谷: ValleyKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コク
- Kun'yomi
- たに、きわ(まる)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 61 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コク)
- 渓谷けいこくvalley (with a river running through it); gorge
- 峡谷きょうこくgorge; ravine
- 圏谷けんこくcirque; corrie
- 峡谷風きょうこくふうravine wind; canyon wind
- 幽谷ゆうこくdeep ravine; glen
- 断層谷だんそうこくfault valley
- 河谷かこくriver valley
- 海底谷かいていこくsubmarine valley; submarine canyon
- 深山幽谷しんざんゆうこくdeep mountain valleys
- 溪谷けいこくvalley (with a river running through it); gorge
- 空谷くうこくlonely or uninhabited valley
- 谷底平野こくていへいやvalley plain
- 谿谷けいこくvalley (with a river running through it); gorge
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 谷たにvalley
- 谷川たにがわmountain stream
- 谷間たにまvalley; ravine
- 谷底たにぞこvalley floor; bottom of a gorge
- 万仞の谷ばんじんのたにbottomless ravine; abyss
- 万尋の谷ばんじんのたにbottomless ravine; abyss
- 不気味の谷ぶきみのたにuncanny valley (hypothesis about humanoid robots)
- 千仭の谷せんじんのたにbottomless ravine; abyss
- 千尋の谷せんじんのたにbottomless ravine; abyss
- 大谷派おおたにはOtani sect (of Shin Buddhism)
- 大谷渡りおおたにわたりAsplenium antiquum (species of spleenwort)
- 小谷渡りこたにわたりhart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)
- 山あり谷ありやまありたにあり(having) ups and downs
- 山谷風やまたにかぜmountain-valley winds; mountain and valley breeze
- 真宗大谷派しんしゅうおおたにはOtani sect of Shinshu
- 胸の谷間むねのたにまcleavage (between breasts)
- 谷まるきわまるto reach an extreme; to reach a limit
- 谷偏たにへんkanji "valley" radical at left
- 谷垣派たにがきはTanigaki Faction (of the LDP)
- 谷懐たにぶところvalley in a deep mountain
- 谷水たにみずrill; valley water
- 谷氷河たにひょうがvalley glacier
- 谷町たにまちsponsors of rikishi or their stables
- 谷筋たにすじchannel (of a stream, valley, etc.)
- 谷風たにかぜvalley wind
- 進退これ谷まるしんたいこれきわまるto be at a loss; to be in a corner
- 進退谷まるしんたいきわまるto be at a loss; to be in a corner
Other readings
- 谷地やちmarsh land; swamp
- 九谷焼くたにやきKutani ware; style of Japanese porcelain
- 大谷渡おおたにわたりAsplenium antiquum (species of spleenwort)
- 大谷石おおやいしOya tuff stone
- 姫谷焼ひめややきHimeya ware; Himeya porcelain
- 小谷渡こたにわたりhart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)
- 恐れ入谷の鬼子母神おそれいりやのきしぼじんsorry; beg pardon
- 池谷・関彗星いけやせきすいせいComet Ikeya-Seki
- 池谷関彗星いけやせきすいせいComet Ikeya-Seki
- 盤谷バンコクBangkok (Thailand)
- 蟀谷こめかみtemple (side of head)
- 谷あいたにまvalley; ravine
- 谷地だもやちダモManchurian ash (Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica)
- 谷地ダモやちダモManchurian ash (Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica)
- 谷地梻やちダモManchurian ash (Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica)
- 谷地鼠やちねずみJapanese red-backed vole (Myodes andersoni)
- 谷空木たにうつぎWeigela hortensis (species of deciduous shrub in the honeysuckle family)
- 谷蟆たにぐくJapanese toad (Bufo japonicus)
- 谷蟇たにぐくJapanese toad (Bufo japonicus)
- 進退維谷まるしんたいこれきわまるto be at a loss; to be in a corner
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