Your search matched 13 words, 1 kanji and 1 sentences.
Search Terms: 孟*

Dictionary results(showing 13 results)


noun
1.
Mencius (372-289 BCE), Mengzi
2.
Mencius (one of the Four Books)
See also:四書

noun
1.
beginning of summer
2.
fourth month of the lunar calendar(obsolete)

noun
1.
beginning of autumn(obsolete)
2.
seventh month of the lunar calendar

noun
1.
beginning of spring
2.
first month of the lunar calendar(obsolete)

noun
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)(abbreviation)
See also:孟宗竹

noun
moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens), tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots(usually kana)
Other readings:
もうそうだけ《孟宗竹》
モウソウチク
モウソウダケ

noun
1.
beginning of winter(obsolete)
2.
tenth month of the lunar calendar

expression
the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning, Mencius' mother, three moves(yojijukugo)

もうだんおし
moubodankinooshie
expression
(the lesson that) one should not leave things unfinished(proverb)(from a tale about Mencius' mother admonishing him from leaving school early by cutting apart a cloth she was in the middle of weaving)
See also:断機

na-adjective, noun
careless, incoherent, sloppy, negligent
Other readings:
孟浪【まんらん】

Kanji results(showing 1 results)


Written with 8 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
chief, beginning
KUN:
  • かしら
    kashira
ON:
  • モウ
    mou
  • ボウ
    bou
  • ミョウ
    myou
Nanori:
  • たけし
    takeshi
  • たけ
    take
  • はる
    haru
  • はじめ
    hajime
  • つとむ
    tsutomu
  • おさ
    osa
  • はい
    hai

Sentence results (showing 1 results)


もうさんせん
孟母三遷
おし
教え
ども
子供
じゅけん
受験
せいとう
正当化
Don't drag out Chinese sayings about the importance of an environment conducive learning just to justify moving house for a child's entrance exams