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岸 kanji
beach
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ガン
Kun readings
きし
Words with 岸
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —江戸彼岸double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)
- —沈水海岸submergent coastline; submerged coast; submerged shoreline
- —離水海岸emergent coastline; emerged shoreline; negative shoreline; shoreline of emergence
- —断層海岸fault coast
- —湾岸危機Gulf War (1990); Persian Gulf crisis
- —湾岸紛争Gulf War (1990)
- —彼岸西風westerly wind blowing around the time of the spring equinox
- —彼岸河豚panther puffer (Takifugu pardalis)
- —両岸関係cross-strait relations; relations between mainland China and Taiwan
- —人工海岸man-made beach; artificial beach
- —西岸地区West Bank
- —湾岸諸国Gulf states; states bordering the Persian Gulf
- —湾岸石油Gulf Oil Corporation
- —東岸沿いにalong the east coast; along the eastern seashore
- —南岸沿いにalong the southern coast; along the southern seashore
- —北岸沿いにalong the north coast; along the northern sea shore
- —沿岸警備隊coast guard
- —対岸の火事someone else's problem; fire on the opposite shore
- —枝垂れ彼岸weeping cherry
- —彼岸の入りfirst day of the equinoctial week