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Kana Converter

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Nov 18, 2025

Reading

ショク、ジキ、く.う、く.らう、た.べる、は.む

Meaning

eat, food

Words

食べる、食品、食、食事、食堂

Reading

ジュウ、チョウ、え、おも.い、おも.り、おも.なう...

Meaning

heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

Words

重要、体重、重量、三重、重複

Reading

イン、ひ.く、ひ.き、ひ.き-、-び.き、ひ.ける...

Meaning

pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

Words

引退、取引、引き継ぐ、引く、引き起こす

Reading

オウ

Meaning

center, middle

Words

中央、央、中央アジア、中央アフリカ、震央

Reading

ライ、せ

Meaning

rapids, current, torrent, shallows, shoal

Words

瀬、瀬戸、高瀬、瀬戸内海、川瀬

Daily Kanji History

Nov 18, 2025

曇る

くぐもる

Definition

to mumble, to mutter

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慣れる

なれる

Definition

to get used to, to grow accustomed to, to become familiar with, to become skilled in, to become experienced at, to become tame, to become domesticated

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夢中

むちゅう

Definition

daze, (in a) trance, ecstasy, delirium, engrossment, within a (deep) dream

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包装

ほうそう

Definition

packing, wrapping