godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to hit, to run into, to light on, to strike into, to come against, to deadlock
noun noun (generic)
- pilot light, spark
- live coals (for firelighting)
ateji search-only kanji form noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) ใช adjective noun noun (generic)
- thinnish, somewhat thin, weakish, on the weak side, rather light, rather pale
noun noun (generic)
- night light
noun noun (generic)
- slanting rays of light
noun noun (generic)
- the intensity or illuminating power of light
noun noun (generic)
- beam of light
noun noun (generic)
- speed of light
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) colloquial
- miso lees, miso strainings, miso dregs
- worthless thing, good-for-nothing
- child who is left out of games, child who is made light of, child treated unequally by peers
noun noun (generic)
- making a living in the red-light district