Keyword
ashes
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig180
Readings
はい
(58%)
かい
(39%)
ばい
(1%)
Composed of
cliff
fire
Used in kanji (2 in total)
charcoal
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Used in vocabulary (131 in total)
grey; gray; ashen
ash; ashes
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
ash; embers; complete destruction
lime; quicklime; caustic lime
lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality
ashes (of the deceased); remains from cremation
grayish white; greyish white
silver gray; silver grey
(European) gray wolf (carnivore, Canis lupus lupus); grey wolf
grey-brown; gray-brown; dun
grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
ashes and dust
to remove the scum (from a broth or liquid); to skim (a liquid)
grayish blue; greyish blue
greenish gray; greenish grey
gray; grey; griseous
removal of astringent taste (e.g. by cooking)
lethal radioactive fallout; atomic dust
wood ashes
calcareous; chalky
cloud of ashes (caused by pouring water on a fire)
bamboo (tobacco) ash receptacle
as lifeless as cold ashes
volcanic ash
gray cat; grey cat; ash-covered cat
ashes and earth; poor volcanic soil
straw ashes
dust and ash
ash tray; ash pit
gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
gray matter; grey matter
area covered in volcanic ash
coal ash; fly ash
ash glaze (type of fundamental glaze used in ancient times made from the ashes of raw materials such as unhulled rice, straw, oak and pine)
covered with ashes
having a strong alkaline taste; harsh to the taste; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae spp.)
cloud of ashes (caused by pouring water on a fire)
ash; (nutritional) mineral content
incinerated ash; burned ash; ash
fuel source for a (pocket) body warmer
yellow-tinted gray (grey); scum colour (color)
thief posing as fellow traveller (traveler)
ash pan; ash tray
marl (unconsolidated lime-rich rock)
Ashes and Diamonds (film)
(state of) having got rid of something (e.g. bad taste)
scouring; washing vegetables in lye
gloomy; obscure
ash tray; ash pit
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
ivory shell; cockle
eastern greylag goose (aquatic bird, Anser anser)
scouring; washing vegetables in lye
ash leveler (use in a brazier)
ash leveler (use in a brazier)
lime or calcium fertilizer; lime or calcium fertiliser
superphosphate of lime; calcium superphosphate
superphosphate of lime; calcium superphosphate
high official suspected of corruption
calcareous sponge (any sponge of class Calcarea)
bone porcelain; bone china
ash scoop (tea ceremony)
ash box (used in tea ceremony)
withered trees and cold ash; (fig.) someone who is detached and free of desires; (fig.) someone who has no vitality
soda-lime-silica glass; soda-lime glass (most common type of glass)
wisteria ash (used in tea ceremony)
ash for spreading (tea ceremony)
decalcification; demineralization
Glaucophyceae (class of glaucophytes)
Glaucophyta (phylum of freshwater microscopic algae)
polyester bag for collecting volcanic ash
calx; metal residue
brown widow (Latrodectus geometricus); brown button; grey widow; brown black widow; house button spider; geometric button spider
ashless; ash-free
phosphate rock; phosphorite
Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
red phalarope; grey phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Artemisia sieversiana
gray seal (Halichoerus grypus); grey seal
brush wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
pale grass blue (species of gossamer-winged butterfly, Pseudozizeeria maha)
Indian gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii); common grey mongoose
hen harrier (Circus cyaneus); northern harrier
silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus)
Examples (29 in total)
That gray building?
Is that cat grey?
Your hair is going grey.