Kanji
Readingかい
Frequency23%
Used in (502 in total)
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
foreign; abroad; overseas
coast; beach
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
sea level; (surface of) sea
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
seawater; saltwater
on the sea; surface of the sea
sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
area of ocean
inlet; bay; inland sea
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
(Russian) maritime provinces
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
naval battle
sea route
sailor; marine
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
trip abroad; overseas travel
crossing the sea
Marine Corps; Royal Marines
ocean current
sea of clouds
sea chart
shallow sea
trunks; shorts (e.g. seaside use)
coastal waters; adjacent seas
swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach; seawater baths
nautical mile
marine mammal
mate; navigation officer
marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
southern sea
flowering crab apple (Malus halliana); Kaido crab apple (Malus micromalus); Chinese flowering apple (Malus spectabilis); Siberian crab apple (Malus baccata); aronia (flower)
blue sea; blue waters
seashore; seaside; beach
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
territorial waters
ocean; open sea
maritime; marine transportation
coastal; seaside; oceanfront; maritime
beachfront park; park by the sea
tidal bore; eagre; rumbling noise that accompanies a tidal bore; tsunami; tidal wave
northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido
artificial island city; floating city
distant seas
cavernous body; body of (genital) erectile tissue (incl. corpus cavernosum and corpus spongiosum)
seahorse; sea horse; hippocampus; walrus
lower-grade officer rank (JMSDF)
studying abroad; studying overseas
height above sea level
sea sand (sand collected from the ocean floor, as opposed to that which is used as an ingredient in concrete)
coast; shore; inshore; coastal waters
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
Maritime Self Defense Forces (Defence)
Japan Coast Guard (formerly Maritime Safety Agency)
ocean trench; deep
Japan Coast Guard; JCG
higher-grade officer rank (JMSDF)
land, sea, and air; army, navy and air force
overseas assignment; overseas posting
Department of the Navy
marine life; marine organism
accident at sea; maritime accident
cuisine with fresh seafoods
chief navigator; navigating officer; navigator; sailing master
Caribbean Sea
voyager; navigator
the whole country
marine product; marine (e.g. product, animal etc.)
below sea level; undersea; beneath the waves
pirated edition; pirated version; bootleg copy
the whole world; the seven seas
control of the sea; command of the sea
pirate flag; black flag; Jolly Roger
sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)
blue sea; blue expanse of water
frozen sea; icy waters
port; seaport
shipping industry; marine transport
mountains and seas
Maritime Self-Defense Force
maritime nation
land and sea
sea level rise; rise in sea level
Mariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)
seamanship; (the art of) navigation
sea of people; (very large) crowd of people
oceanic noise; rumbling of the sea; mistpouffer
land and sea; army and navy
coastal defense; coastal defence
marine erosion
strait; channel
all sorts of delicacies; various unusual foods; sumptuous feast
accident at sea; sea disaster; shipwreck
advance (e.g. of Japanese exports) into overseas markets
island in the southern sea (esp. Shikoku)
bathing suit; swimsuit
Tokai region of Honshu (incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)
Caspian Sea
ocean fish; saltwater fish
Kanmon Straits (between Honshu and Kyushu)
marine traffic; sea traffic
seaweed; sea vegetable
true seal (animal); earless seal
undersea cable; submarine cable
sailor; seaman
overseas deployment (e.g. military forces); overseas expansion (e.g. business operations)
oceanography; oceanology
sweeping the sea for mines; dragging for mines
international trade; foreign trade; overseas trade
foreign voyage; travelling overseas; travelling abroad
marine transport; carriage by sea
Battle of Midway (June 1942)
high seas; international waters
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
(submarine) ridge
Saikaidō (alt. name for the Kyūshū region)
Navy Minister
overseas inspection; tour of inspection abroad
second mate; second officer
marines (former Japanese Navy)
seafood hot pot; seafood stew
naval arsenal; naval shipyard
Nankaidō (alt. name for the Shikoku region)
maritime affairs
seawater temperature
living abroad; life overseas
land, sea and air forces
hardy begonia (Begonia grandis)
deeply indented coastline; rias coastline
intrusion into territorial waters; violation of territorial waters
south coast; southern shore
sea rescue; air-sea rescue; ASR
harbor; entrance to a harbor
Naval Battle off Malaya (December 10, 1941)
deep ocean water; deep-sea water
the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
good things come to those who wait; (lit.) if you wait, there will come a fine day for taking the sea route
coastline transgression
foreign company; overseas enterprise; overseas firm
bathing cap; swimcap
overseas territory; overseas possession
ban on maritime activities during China's Ming and Qing dynasties
marine pollution; oceanic pollution; sea pollution
walrus (Odobenus rosmarus); elephant seal (Mirounga spp.)
sound of the sea; sound of the waves; sound of massed chanting of sutras, etc.
overseas (a foreign) market
offshoring; overseas transfer (esp. of production)
naval brigade; naval land forces
deep sea; ocean
sea air; sea breeze; ocean and atmosphere; type of yarn-dyed silk goods
sepiolite; meerschaum
forgiveness
nautical table; sailing chart
petty officer (navy)
Ivory Coast; Côte d'Ivoire
the world; the universe
Navigation Acts (regulations of colonial trade in 17th century England)
breakwater; coast battery
the open sky and the serene sea; as open as the sky and serene as the sea; magnanimous
seabed probe; probe of the ocean floor; submarine prospecting
overseas reporting; covering a story abroad
universal brotherhood
corpus cavernosum penis; cavernous body of penis
sea of suffering; human realm
spongiform; spongelike; spongy
Vice-Admiral (Maritime Self-Defence Force of Japan) (defense)
marine transportation routes
Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944)
maritime customs taxes
cape; headland; promontory
imperial navy order
magnanimity; forgiveness; generosity
Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 23-25, 1944)
Tokai earthquake (e.g. of 1498, 1605, 1707 and 1854)
marine; maritime; oceanic; oceanity
depth of the sea
China Coast Guard; maritime security; coast guard
totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)
ocean basin
undersea cable (communications, power); submarine cable
Hokkaido dog; dog breed native to Hokkaido
goldfish with a shrimp-like tail; head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)
(ocean) deep; deepest part of a trench
pirated CD, DVD, etc.; bootleg (recording)
unparalleled in the whole country
marine meteorological observatory
Japan Current; Kuroshio Current
inshore catch; shorefish
Nankai megathrust earthquake
law of the sea; maritime law
Tonankai earthquake of 1944
marine industries; maritime industry
surrounding seas; surrounded by the sea
seacoast artillery
bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease
submarine valley; submarine canyon
sea animal; marine animal
imperial navy order
Okhotsk anticyclone; Okhotsk high
overseas representative; expatriate employee; expatriate staff
1946 Nankaido earthquake
overseas department (administrative division of France)
land and sea breeze
lieutenant-commander (JMSDF)
abyssal plain (2,200-5,500m)
people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood
seamen's competency certificate
marine snow
sea-run variety (of fish)
marine accident inquiry; marine accident enquiry
Qinghai Province (China)
ocean sector
oceanographic observation
the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)
sea damage; average loss
a drop in the ocean (bucket)
(Japanese) children living overseas
imperial navy order (detailed)
drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean; (lit.) one grain of millet in a vast ocean
a drop in the ocean (bucket)
imperial navy order
maritime judicial scrivener; marine procedure commission agent
coastal climate; littoral climate
marine biology; biological oceanography
naval militia; maritime militia
International Maritime Organization (Organisation); IMO
Oceanic Anoxic Event; Ocean Anoxic Event; OAE
trans-Neptunian object; transneptunian object; TNO
mid-ocean ridge; midocean ridge
sea level change; eustatic change
expanding abroad; tapping overseas markets
world of tathata; (fig.) the pure and absolute truth of the tathata is as wide as the sea
reduction (of pressure) to mean sea level
hippocampal gyrus
overseas risk information; overseas danger warning
Sino-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation (1896)
marine archaeology; underwater archaeology
general average loss; general average; gross average
(treaty of) friendship, commerce and navigation
wave-cut platform; abrasion platform; coastal bench
sea cave; marine cave
person who argues that everything is better abroad (esp. football); self-hating Japanese
chemical oceanography; marine chemistry
foreign direct investment; FDI; direct overseas investment
fish found in coastal waters
Kukai (name of a Buddhist priest)
emergent coastline; emerged shoreline; negative shoreline; shoreline of emergence
the world is a scene of constant changes; (lit.) a mulberry field changes into a blue sea
Chinese national who returned after study or work abroad
swimming downstream (to the sea)
coastline regression
submergent coastline; submerged coast; submerged shoreline
hadal zone; hadopelagic zone; trench zone
hexactinellid sponge; glass sponge (any sponge of class Hexactinellida)
marine phenomenon
bathyal zone; midnight zone; bathypelagic
particular average; particular average loss; particular loss
maritime patrol aircraft; MPA
inland sea; epicontinental sea; epeiric sea; marginal sea
rear admiral (JMSDF)
rivers and seas
Marine Accidents Inquiry Agency
calcareous sponge (any sponge of class Calcarea)
superocean; super ocean
maritime authority; marine office
burial at sea
ocean floor; sea floor; seabed
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (1972); London Convention
this world's sudden changes
Hainan Province (China)
siliceous sponge (any sponge other than those of class Calcarea)
Pirate Party (political)
the world is a scene of constant changes; (lit.) the blue sea turns into a mulberry field
the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)
international order of the seas; public order at sea
Hall's crab apple; flowering crab apple; Malus halliana
calla (Zantedcschia aethiopica)
Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)
Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)
Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata); medfly
Hokkai shrimp (Pandalus latirostris)
Malus spontanea (species of apple tree)
sirenian (any aquatic mammal of order Sirenia, incl. manatees, and dugongs); sea cow
Persian carpet flatworm (Pseudobiceros bedfordi); Bedford's flatworm
calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
Cirsium chokaiense (species of thistle)
Rhododendron mucronulatum var. ciliatum (variety of azalea)
seashore dweller; fisherman; sea god; Poseidon; Neptune
ocean; large sea