Keyword
appear
Info
FrequencyTop 1800-1900
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1928
Old form顯
Readings
けん
(82%)
あら
(4%)
Composed of
sun
runway
page
Mnemonic

Imagine that you're waiting at the airport for your flight; it's still dark outside. You're reading a page of your favorite book. You take a quick look through the airport window on your left and then, suddenly, you see the sun appear over the runway. Ah, how beautiful!

Used in vocabulary (64 in total)
remarkable; striking; obvious
manifestation
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing; manifesting
craving for the limelight
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
honouring (publicly); honoring; making someone's good deeds or achievements well-known
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
distinguished person
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
manifestation; public show; showing conspicuously
being actual (as opposed to hidden or latent); being apparent; being obvious; being tangible; being revealed
crushing evil and spreading the truth
making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause
prominent or high post
microinsemination; microfertilization; intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection; ICSI
extolling; exalting
this world; present world (as opposed to the realm of the dead)
clear; manifest
appearance and disappearance
photomicrograph; microphotograph
gentlemen of (high) eminence; notables; dignitaries
Kengyō; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
of great prominence or dignity
microscopic
inapparent infection; subclinical infection
electron microscope
revealing or demonstrating the truth
Microscopium (constellation); the Microscope
discovery; detection; exposure
sensible heat
development; developing (color)
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
microinsemination; microfertilization; intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection; ICSI
phanerogam; phanerogamous plant; phanerogamic plant; spermatophyte; flowering plant
high magnification microscope
ultrasonic microscope; acoustic microscope
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
great and brilliant; splendid
polarizing microscope; petrographic microscope; polarization microscope
Examples (9 in total)
High fever is a prominent symptom of this disease.
This microscope magnifies objects by 100 times.
Tom wants a microscope.