Kanji1 / 8
往 kanji
journey, travel, chase away, let go, going, before, formerly
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
オウ
Kun readings
いくいにしえさきにゆく
Variant forms
徃Words with 往
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —往事茫々memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant
- —商売往来business handbook (with glossary) of the Edo period
- —念仏往生being reborn in the Pure Land through the invocation of the nembutsu
- —人馬往来the passage of people and horses; coming and going of people and horses
- —自主独往independent way of life
- —前言往行words and deeds of the people of yore
- —寒熱往来alternating chills and fever
- —往来手形Edo-period travel permit
- —往復書簡(written) correspondence
- —往古来今in all ages; since antiquity
- —往復はがきpostcard with a reply card attached
- —往々にしてsometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
- —往復ポンプreciprocating pump
- —往復航空券round trip (airplane) ticket
- —往復ビンタdouble slap in the face; forehand and backhand slap
- —往復乗車券round-trip ticket (for a train, bus, etc.)
- —往生際が悪いnot knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
- —往生際の悪いunreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up
- —往復伝搬時間round-trip propagation time
- —既往は咎めずdon't dwell on the past; let bygones be bygones