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Keyword
sea
  • ocean
Frequency
#200
Strokes
9
Grade
2
JLPT (old)
N3
Heisig
500
Readings
カイ96%
うみ4%
Mnemonic
Every raindrop slides down the hill into a creek, then a river, and finally the sea, where all the water drops gather.
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Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
海かい外がい
foreign; abroad; overseas
Noun
北ほっ海かい道どう
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Noun
海うみ
sea; ocean; waters
Noun
東とう海かい
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea
Noun
海かい軍ぐん
navy; naval force
Noun
海かい上じょう
(on the) sea; surface of the sea
Noun
海の苔り
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
Noun
海かい岸がん
seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach
Noun
海かい洋よう
ocean; sea
Noun
海かい上じょう自じ衛えい隊たい
Maritime Self Defense Forces (Defence)
Noun
掃そう海かい
sweeping the sea for mines; dragging for mines
Noun
日本にほん海かい
Sea of Japan
Noun
海かい兵へい隊たい
Marine Corps; Royal Marines
Noun
海老えび
prawn; shrimp; lobster
Noun
上海しゃんはい
Shanghai (China)
Noun
航こう海かい
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
Noun
海かい域いき
area of sea; waters
Noun
海かい峡きょう
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
Noun
海かい底てい
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
Noun
臨りん海かい
coastal; seaside; oceanfront; maritime
Noun
海かい岸がん線せん
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
Noun
海かい水すい
seawater; saltwater
Noun
海かい水すい浴よく場じょう
swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach; seawater baths
Noun