Moto 鼻: Nose; SnoutKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ビ
- Kun'yomi
- はな
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 300 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ビ)
- 耳鼻咽喉科じびいんこうかotorhinolaryngology; otolaryngology
- 耳鼻科じびかotolaryngology; ear, nose, and throat department
- 鼻炎びえんrhinitis; coryza
- こう鼻こうびnose-blowing
- アレルギー性鼻炎アレルギーせいびえんallergic rhinitis
- 乾燥性前鼻炎かんそうせいぜんびえんrhinitis sicca anterior
- 副鼻腔ふくびこうparanasal sinus; paranasal cavity
- 副鼻腔炎ふくびこうえんsinusitis
- 広鼻猿類こうびえんるいplatyrrhine (primate of infraorder Platyrrhini, which have nostrils that are far apart)
- 急性鼻炎きゅうせいびえんacute rhinitis
- 擤鼻こうびnose-blowing
- 曲鼻猿亜目きょくびえんあもくStrepsirrhini (primate suborder)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 鼻はなnose
- 鼻息はないきnasal breathing; breathing through one's nose
- 目鼻めはなeyes and nose
- 鼻先はなさきtip of nose
- 鼻歌はなうたhumming; crooning
- 鼻水はなみずnasal mucus; dripping nose
- 鼻紙はながみtissue paper; facial tissue
- 鼻血はなぢnosebleed
- あぐら鼻あぐらばなsnub nose; flat nose with flattened nostrils
- かぎ鼻かぎばなhooked nose
- ざくろ鼻ざくろばなrhinophyma; red swollen nose (often associated with alcoholism)
- しし鼻ししばなpug nose; snub nose
- わし鼻わしばなaquiline nose; Roman nose
- クレオパトラの鼻クレオパトラのはなCleopatra's nose; a small thing with a huge influence
- 人工鼻じんこうばなheat and moisture exchanger; HME
- 付け鼻つけばなfalse nose; artificial nose
- 出鼻でばなprojecting part (of a headland, etc.)
- 出鼻をくじくでばなをくじくto spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm
- 出鼻を折るでばなをおるto spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm
- 出鼻を挫くでばなをくじくto spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm
- 前鼻緒まえはなおsandal or clog strap
- 南毛鼻ウォンバットみなみけはなウォンバットsouthern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons)
- 卵に目鼻たまごにめはな(cute) egg-like face; eyes and nose on an egg
- 団子鼻だんごばなsnub nose; pug nose
- 小鼻こばなnostrils; wings of the nose
- 小鼻をうごめかすこばなをうごめかすto put on a triumphant air
- 小鼻をふくらますこばなをふくらますto look displeased; to flare one's nostrils
- 小鼻を膨らますこばなをふくらますto look displeased; to flare one's nostrils
- 怒り鼻いかりばなflared nostrils
- 手鼻てばなblowing one's nose with one's fingers
- 木で鼻をくくるきではなをくくるto be blunt; to be curt
- 木で鼻を括るきではなをくくるto be blunt; to be curt
- 段鼻だんばなstair nosing; nosing
- 水鼻みずばなrunny nose; (watery) nasal mucus
Other readings
- 鼻高々はなたかだかproudly; triumphantly
- ししっ鼻ししっぱなpug nose; snub nose
- キティ豚鼻蝙蝠キティぶたばなこうもりKitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai); bumblebee bat
- ブタ鼻ぶたばなpig's snout; nose resembling a pig's snout
- ワシ鼻わしばなaquiline nose; Roman nose
- 出っ鼻でっぱなprojecting part (of a headland, etc.)
- 副鼻腔気管支症候群ふくびくうきかんししょうこうぐんsinobronchial syndrome; SBS
- 北毛鼻ウォンバットきたみけはなウォンバットnorthern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii)
- 奄美鼻先蛙あまみはなさきがえるAmami tip-nosed frog (Odorrana amamiensis)
- 小鼻を蠢かすこばなをうごめかすto put on a triumphant air
- 引目鈎鼻ひきめかぎばなstyle of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period
- 引目鉤鼻ひきめかぎばなstyle of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period
- 星鼻土竜ほしばなもぐらstar-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)
- 水っ鼻みずっぱなrunny nose; (watery) nasal mucus
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