JLPT N1 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to reflect, to throw back light
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.), discovery, coming to light, being uncovered
popular noun noun (generic)
- fuse, pilot light
- cause (of a war, argument, revolt, etc.), origin, trigger
popular irregular okurigana noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ computing sumo abbreviation archaic
- call, summons, paging, curtain call
- call, invocation
- usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.
- telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached
- box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
- high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period)
- unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- making light of, thinking little of, slighting, belittling, dismissing, contempt, disdain
popular noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- red light (traffic)
- red light, signal to stop, sign of danger
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic)
- traffic light, traffic signal
- signal (mechanism), semaphore (apparatus)
popular noun noun (generic)
- red-light district
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- white heat, incandescence, (emitting) white light, white glow
- becoming excited, getting heated (e.g. of a discussion), reaching a climax
popular noun noun (generic)
- entertainment district, amusement area, pleasure quarter, red-light district