Keyword
descendants
Info
FrequencyTop 2300-2400
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig483
Readings
こん
(79%)
(20%)
Composed of
sun
compare (things of the same type)
Used in kanji (7 in total)
mix
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Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
sour kombu prepared with black vinegar
thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried
type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)
Insecta; the insects
entomophagy; insect eating
entomology; study of insects
type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)
shredded kombu; Kjellmaniella gyrata (species of kelp)
Laminaria ochotensis (species of kelp)
Japanese kelp (Laminaria japonica)
Insecta (class comprising the insects)
shredded tangle or kelp
sixth-generation descendant; great-great-great-great-grandchild
kelp with herring roe (sushi type)
shredded kombu; Kjellmaniella gyrata (species of kelp)
soup stock made from kombu
grandchildren; posterity
insect hormone (i.e. ecdysone)
apterygotes (wingless insects)
apterygote (wingless insect)
pterygote (winged insect)
Laminaria longissima (species of kelp)
kagome kombu (Saccharina sculpera)
kagome kombu (Saccharina sculpera)
Examples (23 in total)
Professor Kay has been studying insects for forty years.
Bob derives pleasure from observing insects.
I'm into collecting insects.