Kanji
Readingかど
Frequency25%
Used in (19 in total)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
door; entrance; gateway
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
New Year's pine decoration
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
doorplate; nameplate; gate pass
door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician
laugh and grow fat; (lit.) good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
row of houses; each house; every house
Taira-no-Masakado Rebellion (939-940 CE)
fire lit at a gate for funerals, weddings and O-Bon
words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)
departure mushroom
song sung door-to-door
stepping outside to cool down; cooling down outside the gate