Keyword
alone
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 6
Heisig561
Old form
Readings
どく
(71%)
ひと
(26%)
(1%)
Composed of
animal
insect
Mnemonic

A guy who keeps an insect as his pet animal will always be alone. No girl likes insects.

Used in vocabulary (303 in total)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
alone; by oneself; on one's own
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
independent action; acting alone
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
Germany
to talk to oneself; to mutter
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
creative; original
spinning top
one's own effort
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
a person without a single relative
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
dictatorship; despotism
running alone; running solo; having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else); having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes
living by oneself; living alone
self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory
by itself; automatically; naturally
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
independent state; independent nation
creativity; ingenuity
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
unmarried person; bachelor; spinster
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
monologue; soliloquy; German (language)
to talk to oneself; to mutter
self-righteousness; self-justified
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
talking to oneself
originality
single (i.e. unmarried) person; someone alone
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
just one person; only one
all on one's own
unique; peculiar; special
declaration of independence
independence movement; mutually independent
fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
self-reliance; self-help
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
living alone; solitude; solitary life
bachelor's life; life of a bachelor
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic; understood only by oneself
dictatorship; despotism
independent spirit
single male; bachelor
(instrumental) solo; recital
dogmatic; arbitrary
(holding of) a solo recital or performance
sleeping alone
hostel for bachelors
unmarried person living affluently
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
rash assumption; hasty conclusion
going alone; self-reliance
walking alone; walking without assistance; unique; matchless; unparalleled
dictatorship; despotic government
single-person cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
Japan and Germany; Japanese-German
German (language)
to talk to oneself; to mutter
antitrust law; Antitrust Act
solipsism; philosophical idea that nothing outside of one's own mind really exists
exclusive right; sole right
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
independent unit; autonomous unit
voluntary singlehood (as a principle or creed); singlehood by choice
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
Germany and France; German-French
independent administrative corporation (institution, agency)
independent; unaffiliated; self-funding
udo (plant related to ginseng, used in medicine and cooking) (Aralia cordata)
self-conceit; vainglory
independently developed; proprietary
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
solo; solo performance
acting according to one's own beliefs, being undisturbed by others
self-study; self-teaching
performing solo; having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled)
Russo-German War (1941-1945)
American War of Independence (1775-1783); American Revolution
top; spinning tricks
Britain and Germany
Japan, Germany and Italy
all on one's own
uniqueness; individuality
laughing by oneself; erotic pictures; shunga
being the sole winner; winner-take-all
drinking alone; solitary drinking
(spirit of) independence and self-respect
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
solo (musical work)
unsurpassed in history
arbitrary decision; taking for granted
(an) only child
living by oneself; living alone
France and Germany; Franco-German
Independence Day celebration
dictatorship of the proletariat
a self-supporting accounting system
self-reliance; acting according to one's own ideas and beliefs
vocal solo; solo recitation of traditional poetry, noh verse, etc.
travelling alone; solitary journey
living by oneself; living alone
antitrust law; Antitrust Act
military dictatorship
good for nothing (of large people); big but useless
monopoly business, enterprise
single-person cell; solitary cell; isolation cell; solitary confinement cell
dictatorship of the proletariat
sitting alone
Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union (1939); German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
one-party regime; single-party regime
single or detached house
right of or to independence
solitary cell; solitary confinement cell; isolation cell
Britain, France and Germany
Germany-Austria
stationed in Germany; resident in Germany
independent fishing boat
monopolistic enterprise; monopoly
America and Germany; American-German
West Germany (1949-1990)
developmental dictatorship (authoritarian form of government that pursues rapid economic development at the expense of democratic freedoms)
dictatorship; despotism
going to Germany
German literature; German sentence
practicing by oneself; self-instruction
German-Japanese
with no one upon whom to depend; utter loneliness; the lonely and the helpless; people who have no kith or kin
Germany and Britain; German-English
going on one's own or one's own way
freedom of learning
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
private monopolization; private monopoly
unique; peculiar; special
antimonopoly; antitrust
(an) only child
individual action; unilateral act
American Independence day; Fourth of July
independent administration
free and independent
German (language)
independent way of life
Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)
German-Japanese dictionary
single woman; bachelor girl; spinster
(Mendel's) law of independent assortment
being the sole master of the situation; reigning supreme; standing unchallenged
East Germany (1949-1990)
private interview with a Zen Master
Russo-German War (1941-1945)
independence and self-reliance
anti-German
Japanese-German (e.g. dictionary)
self-education
spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese babylon shell)
Tripartite Pact (between Japan, Germany and Italy in WWII)
isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.)
self-study guide or book
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
Declaration of Independence (the document)
an independent word
divining one's own fortune
sole custody; sole parental authority
(2-ch term) lonely heart; male virgin; loser; geek
independent administrative corporation (institution, agency); German law
being the only loser; losing by oneself
crowd-puller; box-office certainty
orphan; last of kin
orphan; last of kin
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
all on one's own
all on one's own
antimonopoly; antitrust
(doing) karaoke by oneself
single woman; bachelor girl; spinster
Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)
pubescent angelica (Angelica pubescens)
self-conceited person; ego-tripper; swelled head
sole supply; monopoly supplier
unconsolidated balance sheet; single-company balance sheet
cell (e.g. monk's)
swimming alone; leaving others in one's wake
talking to oneself; conducting a monologue
Japanese-German dictionary
anti-German
acting alone in committing a crime
Law for the Protection of Personal Information Retained by Independent Administrative Institutions (2003)
independent compilation; separate compilation
particular average; particular average loss; particular loss
system of one-party rule; system of single-party rule
independent city; city that is not part of another local government entity
consolidated base; single base
ground stone tool from the late Jomon period (named after its similarity to the Buddhist tokko)
isolated fall of a security or currency in an otherwise strong market
cardboard spinning top, shaped and coloured like a flower
people's democratic dictatorship (e.g. Maoism)
Independent State of Samoa
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
being in Germany; staying in Germany; residing in Germany
Aralia glabra (species of spikenard)
Examples (200 in total)
The girl is lonely.
I had never felt more alone than at that time.
I'm so lonely.