Keyword
sand
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig122
Readings
すな
(37%)
さ
(28%)
しゃ
(5%)
ざ
(2%)
じゃ
(2%)
ご
(2%)
Composed of
stone
few
Used in vocabulary (222 in total)
sand; grit; fine gravel
sandy beach
sediment; earth and sand
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
landslide disaster; sediment disaster
cloud of dust (sand, etc.); dust storm
cloud of dust; sandstorm
sandstorm; noise (video); snow
sandy soil; sandy place
sandpit; sandbox
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
hourglass; sandglass
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
sand dune; sand hill
grains of sand
candy; sweet; confectionary
cube sugar; sugar cube
gold dust
gravel path; gravel road
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami); main table (at a wedding celebration)
sand hill; dune
iron sand; magnetite sand
(built) on sand
cloud of dust (sand, etc.); dust storm
preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar
playing in the sand
house built on sand; house of cards
sand; fine sand; capelin roe (used as a sushi topping)
sandbag; gizzard
yellow sand; yellow dust; loess; desert
sandy plain; desert
desertification
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
sandstone
erosion control
rock candy; sugar candy; crystallized sugar; sugar crystals
sugar bowl; sugar jar
erosion control dam; barrier against debris-slide
gold dust; silver dust; sand; grit
sand-coated interior wall (in traditional Japanese architecture)
sea sand; ocean sand; beach sand
sandbar; sandbank; shoal
candying; boiling in sugar (esp. fruit)
silver powder; white sand
sand picture
tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
cinnabar; cinnabarite; cinnabar lacquer; cinnabar lacquerware
gold dust; golden sand
soaking of clams in salt water to remove grit
graveled; gravel-covered
sand sculpture; sand statue
quartz sand; silica sand
sandbar; sandbank; shoal
sweet soy sauce; sugar with soy sauce
stand of trees planted to control the movement of sand
preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar
dust bath; dust bathing
singing sand (which produces sound when stepped on); whistling sand; squeaking sand; barking sand
raked gravel waves (in a rock garden); ripple mark
to do something spiteful as one leaves; to take a parting shot at; (lit.) to kick sand (at someone) with one's hind legs
sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
light brown sugar
frosting; icing; sugar coating
tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
brown sugar; unrefined brown sugar
sugar bowl; sugar jar
erosion-control forest
aventurine; goldstone
sand; grit; fine gravel
frosting; icing; sugar coating
cat litter; kitty litter
seats closest to the ring; ringside seat
Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus); Mongolian jird
white sands and green pines; beautiful coastal scenery
frosting (e.g. on a cake); icing
mud and sand
sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
dust storm; sand storm
sand and mud; muddy sand
ceremonial piles of sand (placed on both sides of an entrance to greet an important personage)
coloured sand (used for coating interior plaster walls)
desert climate; arid climate
spit; sandspit
gizzard; sandbag
sugar maple (Acer saccharum); rock maple
sand and stone; pebble
cloud of dust; sandstorm
ceremonial piles of sand (placed on both sides of an entrance to greet an important personage)
(Japanese) Darby and Joan dolls
quartz sand; silica sand
chicken gizzard; fat underbelly of a fish; sand polishing; sand finish (e.g. finishing a wall with sand mortar)
(hot) sand bath
long marriage; (lit.) twin pines at Takasago
polishing sand
vomit-inducing (romance)
to do something spiteful as one leaves; to take a parting shot at; (lit.) to kick sand (at someone) with one's hind legs
syrup; treacle; molasses
sand path; sand road
sandbag; gizzard
renal sand; kidney sand; gravel
decomposed granite
sand bath
Ocypode stimpsoni (species of ghost crab, sand crab or white crab)
singing sand (which produces sound when stepped on); whistling sand; squeaking sand; barking sand
tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
placer; minerals found in placer deposits
hourglass; sandglass
sand eraser; ink eraser; eraser (rubber) that contains sand which makes it able to remove ink
platter; serving plate; (arch.) crown of the head; flower arrangement in a shallow vase, using sand
the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall
blown sand; sand blow; sand drift (by the wind)
big clouds of dust; haze of dust
oil sands; tar sands; bituminous sands
playing in the sand
ragworm; sandworm; clam worm (Hediste)
quartz sand; silica sand
black finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
sand cat (Felis margarita); sand dune cat
shirasu; white pumiceous soil of southern Kyushu
sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor var. saccharatum)
light brown sugar
seats closest to the ring; ringside seat
dust storm; sand storm
dust storm; sand storm
gizzard; sandbag
chicken gizzard; fat underbelly of a fish; sand polishing; sand finish (e.g. finishing a wall with sand mortar)
chicken gizzard; fat underbelly of a fish; sand polishing; sand finish (e.g. finishing a wall with sand mortar)
(hot) sand bath
sand path; sand road
Formosan lily (Lilium formosanum)
sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)
dōsa; sizing solution made of alum and glue for treating washi
dōsa; sizing solution made of alum and glue for treating washi
copper alloy with traces of silver, lead, or tin
big clouds of dust; haze of dust
big clouds of dust; haze of dust
big clouds of dust; haze of dust
cleaning dirt or sand out of the digestive system
sand circle around the ring
yellow sand phenomenon (dust carried on high winds from China)
volcanic sand
grains of sand on the beach (i.e. something countless)
greensand (olive-green sandstone); green sand; molding sand
ammonium chloride; sal ammoniac
ammonium chloride; sal ammoniac
sand-blasting; sandblast
cane sugar; sugar cane juice; sugar cane molasses
landslide dam
hourglass economy; economy having large upper and lower classes and a small middle class
dish dressed with fish roe
placer; placer deposit
placer gold; gold found in placer deposits
sandbank; shoal
treacle; molasses
Great Wall of Sand (Chinese land reclamation project in the Spratly Islands)
Erosion Control Act
erosion control-designated area; area designated in accordance with the Erosion Control Law where certain types of construction are regulated
sand (color)
molding sand; foundry sand
arenation; sand bath
sandworm disease; cutaneous larva migrans; CLM
placer platinum; platinum placer
juice vesicle (in citrus fruits); juice sac; citrus kernel
juice vesicle (in citrus fruits); juice sac; citrus kernel
International Sugar Organization
agile wallaby; sandy wallaby (Macropus agilis)
chigoe; sand flea; chigger (Tunga penetrans)
Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri); sand lamprey
prune mite (Carpoglyphus lactis); sugar mite
Examples (199 in total)
Spitting out the sand in his mouth, he hurriedly tries to get to his feet.
The waves washed away the sandcastle.
Saying so, she stood up and brushed the sand off roughly, averting her gaze.