Kanji1 / 3
之 kanji
of, this
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
のこれゆくこの
Words with 之
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —雲泥之差wide difference; a world of difference
- —三顧之礼showing (someone) special courtesy (to persuade them to take a post)
- —承知之助OK; sure; yessir!; okey dokey!; understood
- —帷幄之臣close adviser; close advisor
- —邯鄲之夢vain dream of wealth and splendour
- —黄泉之国Hades; land of the dead; netherworld
- —風前之灯precarious situation; precarious state
- —出藍之誉surpassing one's master
- —背水之陣fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort
- —鷸蚌之争fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does); a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit)
- —傷弓之鳥(person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience
- —屋烏之愛true love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof
- —機械之心devious mind; sinister thinking; scheming
- —異域之鬼person who died outside of their homeland; ghost in a foreign land
- —俎上之鯉someone doomed to their fate; fish on the chopping board
- —宇迦之御魂god of food (esp. of rice)
- —根之堅州国underworld; netherworld
- —根之堅州國underworld; netherworld
- —根之堅洲国underworld; netherworld
- —根之堅洲國underworld; netherworld