Keyword
grains of sand
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig151
Readings
(49%)
しゃ
(13%)
(13%)
すな
(12%)
Composed of
water drops
few
Used in kanji (4 in total)
monk’s sash
???
goby (fish)
???
Used in vocabulary (97 in total)
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
sand; grit
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
a matter for the police; a brush with the law
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
one hundred-millionth
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
matter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
shramana (wandering monk)
beginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)
male Buddhist novice
(imperial) words
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis; cluster belladonna; manjusaka
(imperial) words
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; (lit.) even the verdict of hell is determined by money
cancellation; abandonment
gold dust; silver dust; sand; grit
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
out of the question; preposterous
goby (fish); yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
insane behavior; madness
10^52 (or 10^56); innumerable
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
tall stewartia (Stewartia monadelpha); hime-syara stewartia
merganser (any duck of genus Mergus)
Shahe City (Hebei)
absurd; unreasonable; out of the question; preposterous
resorting (coming) to fisticuffs; coming to blows; settling with violence
insane behavior; madness
sand and stone; pebble
yellow sand; yellow dust; loess; desert
sand dune; sand hill
shagreen (from a shark or stingray); sharkskin; shark leather
stupidity; absurdity; presumption; impertinence
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
ragworm; sandworm; clam worm (Hediste)
secret government business
sarsaparilla (Smilax regelii); sarsa
sarsaparilla (Smilax regelii); sarsa
sago (edible sago palm starch)
cinnabar; cinnabarite; cinnabar lacquer; cinnabar lacquerware
insane behavior; madness
Shahe City (Hebei)
mud and sand
caddis worm; caddis-worm (caddisfly larva)
forktongue goby (Chaenogobius annularis); chestnut goby
platter; serving plate; (arch.) crown of the head
sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)
common merganser
red-breasted merganser
vast stretch of desert; vast expanse of sandy plain
female Buddhist novice
haze near the water
lakh; 100,000 (Indian numbering system)
Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia); sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul
money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; (lit.) even the Buddha's verdict is (decided by) money
Samoan mullet goby (Mugilogobius abei)
sharp-nosed sand goby (Favonigobius gymnauchen)
Sicyopterus japonicus (species of goby)
Arenicola brasiliensis (species of lugworm)
archiannelids of the genus Saccocirrus (esp. Saccocirrus major)
loach goby (Rhyacichthys aspro)
Examples (5 in total)
I haven't heard anything from him since then. I wonder what in the world he's doing.
What he did was nothing less than madness.
His conduct was nothing short of madness.