Keyword
sand
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig122
Readings
すな
(36%)
(28%)
しゃ
(5%)
(2%)
(2%)
じゃ
(2%)
Composed of
stone
few
Used in vocabulary (185 in total)
sand; grit
sandy beach
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
sediment; earth and sand
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
cloud of dust; sandstorm
sandstorm; noise (video); snow
sandy soil
sandpit; sandbox
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
sand dune; sand hill
grains of sand
candy; sweet; confectionary
cube sugar; sugar cube
gold dust
gravel path; gravel road
sand hill; dune
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
landslide disaster; sediment disaster
iron sand; magnetite sand
(built) on sand
preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar
playing in the sand
house built on sand; house of cards
sandbag; gizzard
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
sandstone
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
desertification
sandy plain; desert
rock candy; sugar candy; crystallized sugar; sugar crystals
sugar bowl; sugar jar
gold dust; silver dust; sand; grit
yellow sand; yellow dust; loess; desert
sandbar; sandbank; shoal
sand-coated interior wall (in traditional Japanese architecture)
gold dust; golden sand
sea sand (sand collected from the ocean floor, as opposed to that which is used as an ingredient in concrete)
silver powder; white sand
sand picture
tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
cinnabar; cinnabarite; cinnabar lacquer; cinnabar lacquerware
graveled; gravel-covered
sandbar; sandbank; shoal
quartz sand; silica sand
sweet soy sauce; sugar with soy sauce
stand of trees planted to control the movement of sand
preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar
erosion control
dust bath; dust bathing
sand; grit
raked gravel waves (in a rock garden); ripple mark
light brown sugar
sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
erosion control dam; barrier against debris-slide
to do something spiteful as one leaves; to take a parting shot at; (lit.) to kick sand (at somebody) with one's hind legs
singing sand (which produces sound when stepped on); whistling sand; squeaking sand; barking sand
erosion-control forest
Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus); Mongolian jird
seats closest to the ring; ringside seat
cat litter; kitty litter
sugar bowl; sugar jar
tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
dust storm; sand storm
mud and sand
frosting (e.g. on a cake); icing
sandbag; gizzard
beautiful stretch of sandy beach dotted with pine trees; (lit.) white sand, green pines
ceremonial piles of sand (placed on both sides of an entrance to greet an important personage)
desert climate; arid climate
spit; sandspit
coloured sand (used for coating interior plaster walls)
(Japanese) Darby and Joan dolls
sand and stone; pebble
chicken gizzard; fat underbelly of a fish; sand polishing; sand finish (e.g. finishing a wall with sand mortar)
quartz sand; silica sand
sugar maple (Acer saccharum); rock maple
long marriage; (lit.) twin pines at Takasago
vomit-inducing (romance)
to do something spiteful as one leaves; to take a parting shot at; (lit.) to kick sand (at somebody) with one's hind legs
syrup; treacle; molasses
renal sand; kidney sand; gravel
sand path; sand road
ceremonial piles of sand (placed on both sides of an entrance to greet an important personage)
blown sand; sand blow; sand drift (by the wind)
placer; minerals found in placer deposits
singing sand (which produces sound when stepped on); whistling sand; squeaking sand; barking sand
sand eraser; ink eraser; eraser (rubber) that contains sand which makes it able to remove ink
sand bath
platter; serving plate; (arch.) crown of the head; flower arrangement in a shallow vase, using sand
Ocypode stimpsoni (species of ghost crab, sand crab or white crab)
polishing sand
tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall
oil sands; tar sands; bituminous sands
ragworm; sandworm; clam worm (Hediste)
quartz sand; silica sand
black finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor var. saccharatum)
light brown sugar
sand cat (Felis margarita); sand dune cat
shirasu (white pumiceous soil of southern Kyushu)
seats closest to the ring; ringside seat
dust storm; sand storm
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)
Formosan lily (Lilium formosanum)
decomposed granite
sand path; sand road
dōsa; sizing solution made of alum and glue for treating washi
dōsa; sizing solution made of alum and glue for treating washi
sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)
cleaning dirt or sand out of the digestive system
sand circle around the ring
big clouds of dust; haze of dust
big clouds of dust; haze of dust
big clouds of dust; haze of dust
big clouds of dust; haze of dust
yellow sand phenomenon (dust carried on high winds from China)
volcanic sand
grains of sand on the beach (i.e. something countless)
copper alloy with traces of silver, lead, or tin
greensand (olive-green sandstone); green sand; molding sand
ammonium chloride
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
(hot) sand bath
(hot) sand bath
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)
agile wallaby; sandy wallaby (Macropus agilis)
chigoe; sand flea; chigger (Tunga penetrans)
Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri); sand lamprey (species found in the Northwest Pacific)
prune mite (Carpoglyphus lactis); sugar mite
Examples (151 in total)
I got some sand in my eye.
I got sand in my eye.
Let's make a sandcastle.