Moto 零: Zero; Spill; OverflowKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- レイ
- Kun'yomi
- ぜろ、こぼ(す)、こぼ(れる)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 66 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (レイ)
- 零時れいじtwelve o'clock; midnight
- 零細れいさいinsignificant; trifling
- 零れいzero; nought
- 零下れいかbelow zero; sub-zero
- 零敗れいはいgoing undefeated; losing without scoring a point
- 零点れいてんzero (points, marks); no marks
- 冪零べきれいnilpotent
- 午前零時ごぜんれいじmidnight; 12am
- 午後零時ごごれいじnoon; 12pm
- 巾零きんれいnilpotent
- 巾零元きんれいげんnilpotent element
- 絶対零度ぜったいれいどabsolute zero
- 零元れいげんzero element
- 零和ゲームれいわゲームzero-sum game
- 零度れいどzero degrees (Celsius); freezing point
- 零式艦上戦闘機れいしきかんじょうせんとうきA6M Zero fighter
- 零本れいほんfragmentary remains of a large set of writings; the odd volume
- 零点振動れいてんしんどうzero-point vibration; zero-point motion
- 零砕れいさいa tiny bit
- 零細企業れいさいきぎょうsmall business; micro-enterprise
- 零細農れいさいのうsubsistence farming
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 零すこぼすto spill; to drop
- 零れるこぼれるto spill; to fall out of
- お目零しおめこぼしconnivance; overlooking
- お零れおこぼれleavings; leftovers
- お零れに預かるおこぼれにあずかるto get a tiny share of the profits; to get a small share of what someone is enjoying
- 取り零すとりこぼすto lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat
- 取零すとりこぼすto lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat
- 吹き零れるふきこぼれるto boil over
- 噴き零れるふきこぼれるto boil over
- 御零れおこぼれleavings; leftovers
- 愚痴を零すぐちをこぼすto whinge; to kvetch
- 沸き零れるわきこぼれるto bubble over; to boil over
- 煮零れるにこぼれるto boil over
- 爪で拾って箕で零すつめでひろってみでこぼすpenny wise and pound foolish
- 目零しめこぼしconnivance; overlooking
- 落ち零れおちこぼれfallen scraps; scatterings
- 落ち零れるおちこぼれるto fall behind; to drop out
- 零しこぼしwaste-water container (tea ceremony)
- 零し合いこぼしあいgripe session; grievance session
- 零し屋こぼしやgrump; heat merchant
- 零し話こぼしばなしcomplaining
- 零れこぼれspilling; spill
- 零れ幸いこぼれざいわいunexpected piece of good luck; windfall
- 零れ球こぼれだまloose ball; rebound
- 零れ種こぼれだねself-sown seed; self-sown seedling
- 零れ落ちるこぼれおちるto spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
- 零れ話こぼればなしtidbit; titbit
- 零因子ぜろいんしzero divisor; null factor
- 零空間ぜろくうかんnull space
Other readings
- 熱力学の第零法則ねつりきがくのだいゼロほうそくzeroth law of thermodynamics
- 目零めこぼしconnivance; overlooking
- 零余子むかごbulbil (esp. of a Japanese yam); propagule
- 零余子蕁麻むかごいらくさLaportea bulbifera (species of nettle-like plant)
- 零余子虎の尾むかごとらのおalpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara)
- 零余子飯むかごめしcooked rice with yam bulblets
- 零半ゼロはん50cc motorbike
- 零戦ゼロせんZero fighter plane
- 零才ゼロさいunder 1 year old (of a baby); 0 years old
- 零歳ゼロさいunder 1 year old (of a baby); 0 years old
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