Keyword
needle
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig292
Readings
しん
(47%)
はり
(47%)
ばり
(5%)
Composed of
gold
ten
Used in vocabulary (170 in total)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
second hand (of clock)
course; direction
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
long hand; minute hand
conifer; needle-leaved tree
basic policy; fundamental policy; fundamental plan of action
eye of a needle
needlework; sewing
to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy
to prick with a needle
short hand; hour hand
porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
seamstress
guidelines for action; personal principles
conifer forest; coniferous forest; needle-leaved forest
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
sewing needle
broad policy; overriding principle
needlework; sewing; seamstress
guidelines; guiding principle; dictates
hook; crochet needle
compass needle
sewing needle
exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
seam; stitch
(fishing) fly; lure; artificial fly
needle-shaped; pointed
marking pin
magnetic needle
hour hand (watch, clock)
minute hand
needle holder; needle driver
marking pin
change of course; changing direction
inspection of a meter; reading a meter; needle detection (in garments, etc.); needle inspection
acupuncture treatment
1000-stitch belt; soldier's charm with stitches by a thousand women
tatami needle
administrative policy
handling the needle
knitting needle
(pine) needle; needle-leaf
not having a plan; aimlessness; having no definite plan
fish hook
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
hook; crochet needle
Ninja spitting needles
to hurt someone's feelings
memorial service for old needles
knitting needle
(political) policy position; line of policy; party line
fishing fly
Ninja spitting needles
acupuncturist
sewing needle for cotton thread
gold needle (esp. an acupuncture needle)
stylus; phonograph needle
eye of a needle
knitting needle
(arch.) navigation by magnetic compass; pilot
needle for silkwork
Gasterosteus microcephalus (species of stickleback)
bed of nails; bed of thorns; bed of needles
painful reproach (like a needle stuck in one's scalp)
large sewing needle; wool needle
bed of nails; bed of thorns; bed of needles
Pyxis (constellation); the Compass Box
marking pin
to be like a frog in a well; to make (faulty) assumptions based on one's limited understanding of something; (lit.) to look at the skies through the eye of a needle
needlework; sewing; seamstress
netting needle
short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae spp.); spiny anteater
heated acupuncture needle; hot acupuncture needle
you can't always get what you want; man plans and God laughs; things don't always turn out the way you hope
Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback
acupuncture and moxibustion
short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae spp.); spiny anteater
any horsehair worm of class Gordioidea; gordian worm (of class Gordioidea); hair worm (of class Gordioidea); wireworm (click beetle larva)
storehousebush (Cudrania tricuspidata); mandarin melon berry; silkworm thorn; cudrang
black locust; robinia pseudoacacia
needle removal; needle withdrawal
gold hook (esp. for fishing); gold-colored hook
large sewing needle; wool needle
white-throated needletail (species of swift, Hirundapus caudacutus)
to be like a frog in a well; to make (faulty) assumptions based on one's limited understanding of something; (lit.) to look at the skies through the eye of a needle
elver (type of eel)
artificial fly (fishing); lure; spinner
spiny amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus); spiny pigweed; prickly amaranth; thorny amaranth
independent guideline
prevention guideline
static charge eliminator
to swerve from the course
stinging words; biting remarks
needle for the blind stitch
seam; stitch; eye of a needle
eye of a needle
eye of a needle; hole
exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Madokai's cuttlefish (Sepia madokai)
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Madokai's cuttlefish (Sepia madokai)
cable needle (knitting)
cable needle (knitting)
atraumatic needle
needle with a normal eye
needle with a normal eye
needle with a normal eye
needle with a normal eye
needle with a normal eye
needle with a normal eye
hell's mountain of needles
butterfly needle; winged needle
back stitch; backstitch
needle detection complete
needle detection complete
eye of a needle
(lit.) Finger cut-off, ten thousand fist-punches, whoever lies has to swallow a thousand needles; words said when making a pinky swear
day of inspection
urticating hair; urticating bristles; poisonous hair; poisonous spine
tiger-tail spruce (Picea polita)
circular needle (knitting)
Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)
castor aralia (Kalopanax septemlobus); prickly castor oil tree
pale cabbage (Brassica tournefortii); Asian mustard
Examples (27 in total)
A strange fish is on the hook.
Don't you have a needle and some thread?
He decides on a new policy.