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念 kanji
wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ネン
Kun readings
NoneWords with 念
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —念発火能力pyrokinesis
- —余念もなくearnestly; intently; attentively; wholeheartedly
- —記念メダルcommemorative medal
- —余念がないbeing concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
- —国恥記念日day of national humiliation (used in China for certain anniversaries of incidents where Japan humiliated China)
- —経験的概念empirical concepts
- —開放記念日Liberation Day (in Korea, Italy, etc.)
- —共和記念日Republic Day
- —記念すべきcommemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
- —残念に思うto repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
- —融通念仏宗Yuzu Nembutsu (school of Pure Land Buddhism)
- —残念なことunfortunate thing; (a) pity; (crying) shame
- —海の記念日Marine Memorial Day
- —観念的競合ideal concurrence (single act constituting multiple separate offenses); notional concurrence
- —神道無念流Shintō Munen-ryū (school of swordsmanship founded by Fukui Hyōemon Kahei in the 18th century)
- —建国記念の日National Foundation Day (national holiday; February 11)
- —馬の耳に念仏preaching to the deaf; chanting the nembutsu into a horse's ear
- —念仏を唱えるto chant the nembutsu
- —残念なことにunfortunately
- —概念スキーマconceptual scheme