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Keyword
Africa
  • flatter
  • fawn upon
  • corner
  • nook
  • recess
Frequency
#1126
Strokes
8
Grade
9
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
1391
Readings
ア100%
Mnemonic
Every small village on Earth descends from the first one, where our earliest ancestors shouted "we can do this!" around a fire under the baobabs of Africa.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
阿あ呆ほ
fool; idiot; simpleton
Noun
阿叔おとおじ
uncle (one's father's younger brother)
Noun
阿あ
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan)
Noun
阿波あわ
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
Noun
阿あ修しゅ羅ら
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
Noun
阿あ比び
red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
Noun
阿あ弥み陀だ
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
Noun
阿あ漕こぎ
greedy; ruthless; cruel; exploitative
Na-adjective
阿あ鼻び叫きょう喚かん
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
Noun
阿あ吽うん
Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
Noun
南な無む阿あ弥み陀だ仏ぶつ
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha
Expression
阿あ弥み陀だ如にょ来らい
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
Noun
四阿あずまや
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
Noun
阿あ呆ほう鳥どり
albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)
Noun
阿あ闍じゃ梨り
high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest; initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon); monk who conducts religious services
Noun
元もとの木もく阿あ弥み
ending up right back where one started
Expression
阿あ婆ば擦ずれ
bitch; shameless woman
Noun
阿あ弥み陀だ堂どう
temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
Noun
阿あ魏ぎ
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
Noun
阿おもねる
to flatter; to play up (to); to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to cater (to)
Godan verb
阿あ呆ほん陀だ羅ら
fool; oaf; airhead
Noun
阿あ乙い呉ご
mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot
Noun