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Keyword
pedestal
  • a stand
  • counter for machines and vehicles
Frequency
#262
Strokes
5
Grade
2
JLPT (old)
N3
Heisig
805
Readings
ダイ71%
タイ29%
Mnemonic
A bodybuilder climbs onto a squat, mouth-shaped block, flexes his arm, and offers to arm-wrestle anyone brave enough to meet him on the pedestal.
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Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
台だい
stand; rest; base; pedestal; platform; table; holder; support; rack; setting (of a gem); …
Noun
舞ぶ台たい
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; theatrical production; play; show; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity); stage (e.g. political stage); …
Noun
台たい風ふう
typhoon; hurricane
Noun
仙せん台だい
Sendai (city in Miyagi)
Noun
台だい所どころ
kitchen; financial situation; finances
Noun
管かん区く気き象しょう台だい
district meteorological observatory
Noun
初はつ舞ぶ台たい
debut; initial stage appearance
Noun
台だい本ほん
script; libretto; scenario
Noun
大おお台だい
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
Noun
屋や台たい
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building); foundation
Noun
台たい頭とう
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength
Noun
土ど台だい
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
Noun
台だい無なし
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed; (coming to) nothing
Na-adjective
一いち台だい
one machine; one vehicle
Noun
最さい後ごの舞ぶ台たい
final performance; swan song; last act
Expression
舞ぶ台たい裏うら
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
Noun
天てん文もん台だい
astronomical observatory
Noun
荷に台だい
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
Noun
灯とう台だい
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
Noun
高たか台だい
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
Noun
台だい帳ちょう
account book; ledger; register; script (of a play); libretto; scenario
Noun