際: Occasion; Side; EdgeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- サイ
- Kun'yomi
- きわ、-ぎわ
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 276 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (サイ)
- 国際こくさいinternational
- 国際的こくさいてきinternational
- 実際じっさいreality; actuality
- 国際化こくさいかinternationalization; internationalisation
- 際さいon the occasion of; circumstances
- 国際法こくさいほうinternational law; law of nations
- 交際こうさいcompany; friendship
- 交際費こうさいひentertainment expenses
- 国際人こくさいじんinternationally-minded person; cosmopolitan
- 国際協力事業団こくさいきょうりょくじぎょうだんJapan International Cooperation Agency (1974); JICA
- 際会さいかいmeeting; facing
- 国際連合こくさいれんごうUnited Nations
- 学際がくさいinterdisciplinary
- 際限さいげんlimits; end
- に際してにさいしてon the occasion of; at the time of
- 国際色こくさいしょくinternational character
- 実際はじっさいはin fact; as a matter of fact
- 実際的じっさいてきpractical; realistic
- 援助交際えんじょこうさいpaid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
- 際してさいしてwhen
- 際するさいするto arrive; to come to pass
- この際このさいon this occasion; now
- その際そのさいin so doing; when you do so
- プロレタリア国際主義プロレタリアこくさいしゅぎproletarian internationalism
- 交際上こうさいじょうas a matter of social courtesy
- 交際上手こうさいじょうずgood at socializing; sociability
- 交際中こうさいちゅうin a relationship
- 交際国こうさいこくfriendly powers; treaty powers
- 交際場裏こうさいじょうりsocial circles; arena of (fashionable) society
- 交際場裡こうさいじょうりsocial circles; arena of (fashionable) society
- 交際好きこうさいずきsociable
- 交際嫌いこうさいぎらいunsociable; introverted
- 交際官こうさいかんdiplomat; diplomatist
- 交際家こうさいかsociable person
- 交際法こうさいほうetiquette; social code
- 交際相手こうさいあいてperson one is dating; significant other
- 交際社会こうさいしゃかいsociety; social circles
- 交際範囲こうさいはんいcircle of acquaintance
- 交際術こうさいじゅつsocial skills
- 元交際相手もとこうさいあいてformer boyfriend; former girlfriend
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 間際まぎわthe point just before; the point of doing
- 土俵際どひょうぎわedge of the ring
- 瀬戸際せとぎわbrink; critical moment
- 手際てぎわperformance; execution
- 際立つきわだつto be prominent; to be conspicuous
- 不手際ふてぎわclumsiness; awkwardness
- 山際やまぎわmountain ridge; near a mountain
- 手際良くてぎわよくefficiently; skillfully
- 水際みずぎわbeach; water's edge
- 波打ち際なみうちぎわwater's edge; beach
- 窓際まどぎわ(at the) window
- 際どいきわどいrisky; dangerous
- 一際ひときわconspicuously; noticeably
- 今わの際いまわのきわverge of death; dying moments
- 出際でぎわthe time of setting out
Other readings
- 万国国際音標文字ばんこくこくさいおんぴょうもじInternational Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
- 交際下手こうさいべたbad at socializing; bad in social situation
- 今際いまわone's last moments; hour of death
- 今際の際いまわのきわverge of death; dying moments
- 其の際そのさいin so doing; when you do so
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