Keyword
shallow
Info
FrequencyTop 1300-1400
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig395
Old form
Readings
あさ
(93%)
せん
(6%)
Composed of
water drops
three-bladed dagger-axe
Used in vocabulary (64 in total)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
it hasn't been long since
imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness
shallow; superficial
deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)
shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration
light yellow
having little experience
shoal; wide shallow beach
pale blue-green
it hasn't been long since
shallow view; superficial idea
lightly pickled vegetables
pale blue-green
shallow sea
shallow knowledge; superficial learning
slight wound; minor wound
chive (Allium schoenoprasum); chives
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
depth; shade (of color, colour)
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
crude wood (i.e. with many knots)
slight wound; minor wound
sparsely growing cogon grass; short cogon grass
one's lack of learning or ability; shallow learning and limited ability
relatively new (building)
pale scarlet
Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed); dried nori; dried laver
light roast (coffee)
light light blue; pale blue
shallow clogs (worn by nobles; originally made of leather, later made of black lacquered paulownia)
incompetence; lack of ability
Asama-Sanso incident (hostage crisis and police siege; February 1972)
shallow and unwise; superficial and thoughtless
one's lack of learning or ability; shallow learning and limited ability
getting slightly intoxicated and humming a tune
shallow learning and limited information; being ignorant and badly informed
broad field of sparsely growing cogon grass
lightly pickled vegetables
some things can be learned from the young; a fool may give a wise man counsel; (lit.) to be led across the shallows by the child on one's shoulders
pale blue-green
chestnut tiger butterfly (Parantica sita)
chestnut tiger butterfly (Parantica sita)
shallow clogs (worn by nobles; originally made of leather, later made of black lacquered paulownia)
shallow earthquake; shallow-focus earthquake
deep rivers move in silence; shallow brooks are noisy; those who know little talk much
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
nine shallow, one deep (ancient Chinese sexual technique)
shallow (clay) pot
early, superficial indications of spring (haiku term)
low-grade charcoal made from crude wood
half-dried daikon, salted and picked in kōji
bank (sea, ocean); shoal
Examples (17 in total)
This river becomes shallow at that point.
Is this river shallow?
This pond is shallow.