Moto 隅: Corner; NookKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- グウ
- Kun'yomi
- すみ
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 30 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (グウ)
- 一隅いちぐうcorner; nook
- 僻隅へきぐうcorner; nook
- 南隅なんぐうsouthern corner
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 隅すみcorner; nook
- 片隅かたすみcorner; nook
- 四隅よすみfour corners
- 入り隅いりすみinternal angle of two walls, planes, etc.
- 出隅ですみexternal corner angle of two walls, planes, etc.
- 右上隅みぎうえすみtop right corner
- 右下隅みぎしたすみbottom right corner
- 大隅おおすみŌsumi (former province located in the east of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture, including the Amami Islands)
- 大隅石おおすみせきosumilite
- 左上隅ひだりうえすみtop left corner
- 左下隅ひだりしたすみbottom left corner
- 左隅ひだりすみleft-hand corner; lower left
- 重箱の隅をつつくじゅうばこのすみをつつくto nitpick; to complain about trifles
- 重箱の隅をほじくるじゅうばこのすみをほじくるto nitpick; to complain about trifles
- 重箱の隅をようじでほじくるじゅうばこのすみをようじでほじくるto nitpick; to complain about trifles
- 隅から隅まですみからすみまでin every nook and corner; from A to Z
- 隅っこすみっこcorner; nook
- 隅に置けないすみにおけないwitty and knowing; not to be underestimated
- 隅付き括弧すみつきかっこlenticular bracket
- 隅木すみきangle (corner) block; angle rafter
- 隅柱すみばしらcorner post; corner pillar
- 隅棟すみむねhip (of roof)
- 隅田川花火大会すみだがわはなびたいかいSumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
Other readings
- 隅々すみずみevery corner; every nook and cranny
- 入隅いりすみinternal angle of two walls, planes, etc.
- 重箱の隅を突くじゅうばこのすみをつつくto nitpick; to complain about trifles
- 隅中ぐちゅうhour of the snake (9-11am)
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