Search Terms: *阿*
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noun, no-adjective
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Africa(usually kana)
Other readings:
アフリカ《亜弗利加》[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun, na-adjective
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fool, idiot, simpleton(usually kana, Kansai-ben (dialect))
Other readings:
あほう《阿呆》[1]
、あほう《阿房》[1]
、アホ
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
1.
Amitabha (Buddha), Amida(Buddhist term)
2.
ghostleg lottery, ladder lottery, lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner(usually kana, abbreviation)
See also:阿弥陀籤 (あみだくじ)
3.
Other readings:
阿彌陀【あみだ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
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Netherlands, Holland(usually kana)
Other readings:
オランダ《和蘭》[1]
、オランダ《和蘭陀》[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
1.
nun(colloquialism)(only relevant for 尼)
2.
bitch(derogatory)
3.
Amagasaki, Hyogo(slang)(abbr. 尼崎)
4.
Amazon (online retailer)(Internet slang)(only relevant for 尼)
Other readings:
阿魔【あま】[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
1.
first Sanskrit alphabet letter
See also:阿字 (あじ)
2.
3.
Awa (old province of Japan)(abbreviation)
prefix
4.
prefixed to names to show intimacy(familiar language, archaism)
noun
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mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish), dusky rabbitfish, sandy spinefoot(usually kana)
Other readings:
あいご《阿乙呉》[1]
、アイゴ
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
1.
Om, Aun, syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma(usually kana)
2.
inspiration and expiration, respiration, alpha and omega
Other readings:
あうん《阿うん》
、あうん《阿呍》
、アウン
expression, noun
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the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity, singing from the same hymn-sheet, dancing to the same beat(idiom )
Other readings:
阿吽の呼吸【あうんのこきゅう】
noun
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donkey hide gelatin, ejiao, high quality gelatin made in China from donkey hides
noun
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the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)
Other readings:
ア行【アぎょう】
、阿行【あぎょう】[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
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open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")(Buddhist term)
noun
1.
Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae)(usually kana)
2.
red rockfish, red scorpionfish(food term, Kantou-ben (dialect))
Other readings:
あこうだい《阿候鯛》
、あこうだい《あこう鯛》
、アコウダイ
na-adjective, noun
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greed, cruelty, insistent, insistence(usually kana)
Other readings:
あこぎ《阿漕》
noun
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Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii), Akoya pearl oyster(usually kana)
Other readings:
アコヤガイ
noun
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first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things)
noun
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Ajase complex (feelings of guilt towards one's mother)
noun
1.
high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils), high priest(honorific language, Buddhist term)(abbr. of 阿闍梨耶, from the Sanskrit "ācārya")
2.
3.
monk who conducts religious services(Buddhist term)
Other readings:
阿闍梨【あざり】
noun
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Akshobhya (one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas)
Other readings:
阿閦如来【あしゅくにょらい】