霞 – vocab dash

Keyword

haze

be hazy
grow dim
blurred

Frequency: #1603
Strokes: 17
Grade: 9
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 2800

Readings

かすみ50%

かす50%

Mnemonic

Rain falls on a borrowed key lying in the grass, and a soft, drifting haze rises around it in the morning light.

Stroke order

Composed of

雨rain 叚borrowed key

Used in vocabulary

霞かすみ

haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

Noun

霞かすむ

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged; to be outshone

Godan verb

朝あさ霞がすみ

morning glow; morning mist (haze)

Noun

霞ヶ関かすみがせき

Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy

Noun

春はる霞がすみ

springtime haze

Noun

霞かすみ草そう

common gypsophila (Gypsophila elegans); baby's breath; babies' breath; soaproot

Noun

雲うん霞か

clouds and haze; swarm (of people); throng; drove

Noun