かん
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Noun
1. volume (of book); reel (of film)
2. scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
Kanji used
scroll
Pitch accent
Top 6500
Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
complete set (of volumes); every volume; whole volume; whole film; whole reel
end of a book
beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; beginning (of a matter); start
last volume (in set)
first volume (in set); volume one; book one
next volume (of a book, comic, etc.)
previous volume
(center portion of a) scroll (centre)
first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two
volume number; reel number; number of volumes; number of reels; a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk
middle volume (in set); volume two (of three)
book (usu. old); publication; document
first volume (of book)
type of picture book popular in the late Edo period
supplement; supplementary volume
beginning (of a scroll, book, etc.)
to read volume by volume; to go on reading
end of a book
consecutive number of (or total) volumes
crib notes; key (to a diagram)
collection of poems
books; volumes
rolled tail (of a traditional Japanese hat); looped tail