Meanings
Prefix
1. just; right; due (east)
2. pure; genuine; true
Noun
3. truth
Kanji used
truth
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (126 in total)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
midday; broad daylight
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
midwinter
directly opposite; right in front
pitch black
just above; right overhead
spread-out sail; full sail; (sailing) downwind
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
(right at the) side; just beside
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
right under; directly below
dead of night; midnight
the exact opposite
proper; respectable; decent; honest
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
right in the middle (of); midst; height
right in the middle (of); midst; height
sincerity; true heart; devotion
right behind
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
bright red; deep red
pitch black; deep black
pitch dark; total darkness
directly opposite; right in front
right in the midst of; right at the height of
head over heels; headlong; head first
straight; as the crow flies
Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
(arch.) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); you
height of; middle of; full bloom
silk floss; silk wadding
perfect circle; cute
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
an honest man; a good citizen
right in the midst of; right at the height of
straightness
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
perfectly level
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
day on which the temperature rises above 30 degrees Celsius
right in the midst of; right at the height of
truth; reality
right in half
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
genuine article
perfectly round; perfectly circular
due north
head over heels; headlong; head first
dead center
immediately adjacent
brand new; fresh
brand new; fresh
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
oriental melon (Cucumis melo var. Makuwa)
headlong; head over heels
earnest; singlehanded; face to face; straight ahead; just in front of
height of; middle of; full bloom
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
dead center
headlong; head over heels
dead center; dead centre; right in the middle
pure water; clear water
evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
day on which the temperature fails to reach 0 degrees Centigrade
very bright red; deep red; extremely flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
perfect circle; cute
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
Japanese kelp (Laminaria japonica)
right in the midst of; right at the height of
immediately adjacent
immediately adjacent
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
perfectly round; perfectly circular
Japanese jack mackerel; Japanese horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)
dead center
evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
decomposed granite
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
Corbicula leana (species of basket clam)
Choenomeles lagenaria; maboke flowering quince
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus); golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
ramie (Boehmeria nivea var. nipononivea)
ramie (Boehmeria nivea var. nipononivea)
Japanese jack mackerel; Japanese horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)
Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine
hard tick; ixodid
hard tick; ixodid
yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
Eurasian siskin (species of songbird, Carduelis spinus)
sevenband grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus septemfasciatus); convict grouper
short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax)
striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax)
purple puffer (Takifugu porphyreus)
green peafowl (Pavo muticus)
common Japanese conger eel (Conger myriaster)
freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii); peach blossom jellyfish
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
(house with a) gabled roof
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank