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喧 kanji
noisy, boisterous
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- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
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ケン
Kun readings
やかましいかまびすしい
Words with 喧
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —喧嘩沙汰beginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)
- —仲間喧嘩quarrel among friends; quarrel among ourselves (themselves)
- —喧々諤々tumultuous (with everyone voicing their opinions simultaneously); uproarious
- —親子喧嘩family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child
- —喧嘩両成敗in a quarrel, both parties are to blame
- —喧嘩を売るto pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
- —喧嘩を買うto get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge
- —喧嘩っ早いquarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
- —喧嘩が強いgood at fighting; usually wins a fight
- —金持ち喧嘩せずa rich man never quarrels
- —喧嘩をふっかけるto pick a fight
- —火事と喧嘩は江戸の華fires and fistfights are the flowers of Edo
- —子供の喧嘩に親が出るwhen kids get in a fight, their parents come to their aid; yelping curs will raise mastiffs
- —喧嘩するほど仲がいいthe more (people) fight, the closer they are; those who quarrel most are often the best of friends
- —夫婦喧嘩は犬も食わないone should not get involved in a marital quarrel
- —喧噪tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
- —喧喧noisily
- —喧喧囂囂wild uproar; pandemonium; clamor of voices; tumult; noisy; uproarious; clamorous
- —喧喧諤諤tumultuous (with everyone voicing their opinions simultaneously); uproarious
- —うちわ喧嘩family quarrel; internal squabble; domestic trouble
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